Tom Foolery – the great realisation

In the optimistic, forward-looking poem, Roberts speaks to a child about how the world was before the virus took over.

Born in Auckland to Welsh parents travelling the country, Tomas Roberts – aka Probably Tom Foolery – thinks the world will be a better place after the coronavirus pandemic than before, explaining it in feelgood form in a four-minute bedtime story. 
As published in Star News, 6 May, 2020

The story is told as  follows; People were too dependent on technology, there was rampant overconsumption, and global warming was a major problem.

But as the pandemic struck and people were forced into lockdown, they started to speak to each other a lot more, especially loved ones. The planet started to recuperate as factories and industries paused.

Shutting down much of the world for the past month had provided a great opportunity to rejig the world order. 

Roberts now lives in the UK and the video has been viewed by millions of people, alerting all sorts of offers from Hollywood.