Three More-Poems in a Pandemic

April 18, 2020

Something Each Day

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Olivia Rose here’s a message for you

your great-grandma Annie does love you

and aches to see you in person quite soon

but Covid-19 says “not yet, my dear”

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well I’ve seen you on Zoom and sang you a song

I’m storing up kisses and hugs for you

and on May the third you’ll be two months old

with a grand birthday outfit I betcha

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so here’s the message Olivia Rose

starting in May you will get in the mail

a postcard from Annie that’s just for you

and you’ll get one every day

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each postcard will be something different

maybe Grand Canyon because I do love it

a another great scene or an animal or two

with stamps that are sort of fish-y

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so walk to the mailbox with Mom or with Dad

and see what you’ve got to hold on to

and make you a stack ‘till you’ve got thirty-one

remember: I love you – I love you

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April 19, 2020

Ouch

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I’ve got the ouch blues

yes the ouch blues

what is loneliness to one

is a respite to some other

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it’s the ouch blues

just the ouch blues

who bumped into the fixture

and started to howl

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now it’s the ouch blues

still the ouch blues

embrace, kiss it well

and resolve to start again

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oh the ouch blues

sing the ouch blues

today

and tomorrow

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April 20, 2020

Isolation

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just stay within the isolation

and work with all the possibilities you find there

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time for much more creativity

time for socializing with new people in new ways

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opportunities to see some things

as you walk in fresh air that you never saw before

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listen now for enriched mystery

suddenly it will dawn on you that you really are not isolated

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