[From the Italian quaranta giorni (forty days). The space of time in the 14th Century ships coming to Venice from plague-infected parts were required to sit before the passengers were allowed to come ashore, giving enough time to see if symptoms would develop.]
Forty days and forty nights
A rite of passage for symptoms
To develop from a plague
The amount of time in isolation from the rest
Quarantine
We got familiar all last year
Wish you still lived up to your name
And we’d be clear of this pandemic
In forty days and forty nights
Quarantine
I’d hate to see your name again
I love you kept us safe throughout last year
Locked down and socially distant wasn’t fun
But glad I get to hug friends again
In less than forty days