Life goes on even through a pandemic

With some human traits just plain systemic.

Happy unions of love are one such trait!

While half of them collapsing will not wait

For life to resume on its regular course…

Seems not even corona can stop a divorce.

The idea behind waging a big trade war

Is to stop things from ever reaching our shore.

Obviously we’re talking about different stuff,

But these imports from Asia, enough is enough!

First we watched Corona as it rapidly spread,

And now come hornets which can kill us dead?

It used to be when the home office setup

Would be interrupted by some getup

You’d try to cover the embarrassing gaffe

With self-deprecation and a laugh.

Now it’s normal for kids and cats to preen

All over the office, on your screen.

So many rules, it’s too hard to follow!

Fascist restrictions no one can swallow.

So these health care experts are on the task!

Please note how each is wearing a mask…

And this work they’re doing is voluntary!

Though we might prefer them in solitary…

The headline is of course misleading

And creates a narrative which is feeding

The sense that Mnuchin has no clue

Of what the White House should really do.

Asking for action from those who are dead

Could not even play well in states that are red.

Out of the darkness comes some light

Regular folk doing what’s right.

When policy abandoned a vulnerable group

These Belgians leaped up off their stoop.

They did not wait for help from above

But acted on instinct of human love.

My bias is open, I cannot deny –

The Patriots suck because they lie.

They also cheat, that’s just a fact.

Seems the coaches have made a pact

To support the team no matter what

Like recruiting a rightist new wing nut.

The financial picture is certainly bad
And states can’t get a loan from their dad…
So it’s only natural he would suggest
That bankruptcy really would be best.
It’s not so bad, and he knows the ropes!
Why it can even fuel presidential hopes…

Of all the things throughout this ordeal,

The countless ways life has become surreal,

One of the few that has started to chafe me –

Albeit a matter we can handle safely –

Is overuse of a word making me demented.

Can we please stop saying “unprecedented”?!

Perhaps I’m alone in being unaware

That cocktail hour had become rare.

Sure, the time may have moved a bit

But a drink every night is a total hit.

I didn’t know it had gone away,

So at the least, welcome back, I say!