LUKE MARSDEN: How Covid brought us crashing down to earth

Picture the scene: it was pouring with rain, I looked out of my kitchen window and saw what can only be described as a bunch of pigeons scrapping with each other.
Luke's wounded pigeon has him drawing parallels with the abrupt arrival of the Covid-19 crisisLuke's wounded pigeon has him drawing parallels with the abrupt arrival of the Covid-19 crisis
Luke's wounded pigeon has him drawing parallels with the abrupt arrival of the Covid-19 crisis

I ventured out into my garden and to my horror discovered that a (well fed) pigeon was twitching, its wing broken, its eyes glaring at me.

Thrusti into a dilemma that I really didn’t know the answer to, I asked my Twitter followers whether or not I should put the pigeon out of its misery and help it along to the birdhouse in the sky or let it come to its natural end?

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I’m not sure how it ended up in the state it was in, possibly next door’s cat but their was no sign of an attack, perhaps ganged up on by the other pigeons?

I bet you’re wondering why I’m telling you this tale.

I’m recalling these events because in a way, this pigeon incident sums up how 2020 is going.

One day you’re flying high, the next you’re flapping around.

They don’t teach you stuff like this in school.

I had various Twitter replies many saying I should phone the RSPCA but during a global pandemic where animals are being abandoned all over the place, are they really going to care about a random pigeon?

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As the R rate continues to rise we have to continue to be nimble, adapt and look after each other and my incident this week has taught me that asking advice from others is something we need to keep doing, even if it sounds silly or you think you should know the answer.

As for the pigeon, by the time I returned to it, it had died of natural causes.

I double bagged it and chucked it in a bin.