We’re characters in

stories we will someday tell

about when everything changed.

~

So, who will portrait

me in the movie version

of this grim horror story?

Periodically

procrastination exacts

proverbial pounds of flesh.

~

Much like when we were

young and got so caught up in

play, we peed our pants

Infinite patience –

a strong requirement for

filling out government forms.

~

 Private provider

paperwork’s plenty tough too

and mostly pretty pointless.

Listen up, old friend,

Covid is no shamdemic!

Neither’s flagrant lunacy!

~

People will believe

what they want to believe. Facts

are irrelevant.

Time is not all we

have on our hands; we also

have sanitizer.

~

If we abandon

social distancing too soon,

add the blood of innocents.

Hey! You… in this store?

What the hell are you thinking?

No mask! No gloves! …. No loved ones?

~

The unmasked, ungloved

ones say they love denial

and their freedumb most of all.

Some say to workers:

“Give me the economy

and I’ll give you death.”

~

Some lie to workers:

“You must return to your jobs;

your labor is essential.

Oops, I goofed again!

Should have taken sage advice

freely offered by the wise…

~

If we don’t want to

remain a goof, we first have

to acknowledge them.

What are some good tips

for staying sane even though

insanity reigns?

~

Harry Potter gives

a clue: yell ‘Ridiculus’;

imagine he’s a boggart.

Silence is golden

after days of endless noise.

How long can this respite last?

~

It’s surprising what

talk of ultraviolet light

and bleach were able to do.

Rainy Saturday.

Of all available

options, I choose sleep.

~

Sleep is for the weak.

Never for the weekend, Mom!

Time to rise and shine!

Since he’s always right,

perhaps his loyal faithful

will follow his every word?

~

We can only hope

he’ll take his own advice and

swallow his words whole.

Until now we’ve been

able to avoid facing

life’s uncertainty.

~

An uncertain life

can never be avoided

for longer than a moment.

Some people just love

to exercise their power

by canning the competent.

~

When competent folks

are seen as threats, power filled

tactics are employed by fools.

Where denial thrives

we now know – Florida

beaches are the place to go.

~

In the callous mind

of Governor DeSantis

economics trumps safety.

Do I have a start?

Now that’s a burning question

without a pressing answer.

~

You might be burned out

from listening to all Trump’s

starts and stops and non answers .

Are you listening?

Do you hear the trill of birds,

the sweet whisper of your breath?

~

As long as breathing

lacks the rattle of rhonchi

or crackle of rales; good!

Maintaining distance

while assisting someone’s move:

an exercise in folly!

~

 Necessity is

the mother of invention.

Folly paves the way.

Why are we given

answers to questions we don’t

ask and none to those we do?

~

One way to tell us

what they prefer us to think

is to give us those answers.

Days in close quarters,

surrounded by those we love,

is enough to drive us mad.

~

A little bit of

wine, whiskey, or beer can help

the togetherness go down.

When we’re buried in

have to’s and must do’s, we are

actually buried alive.

~

When one is buried

beneath an endless task list

it is hard to see the light.