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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