Twas the days during COVID & all through every nation ...
All us people weren't stirring ... and most of the kids were playin' … play-station ...
The Stock Market was strung -- as if it were a balloon in mid-air...
In hopes that Doctor Fauci ... would get us ... yes US ... -- from here to there
All of us were quarantined …in place & at home
With ideas of normalcy – N bein’ able to work -n- to roam
And mamma in her sweatpants … & I in my P.J.s
Kept playin’ Words with Friends … N watchin’ … old youtube … sports replays
When on our front lawn … there was not a clatter
Time stood still for us …we pondered … “what does really matter”
Away from the window – but with a good view …
I whispered to myself – this sure is something crazy … and new
The moon still arises – each, and every night –
It has its lustre -- & still gives us a delight
When I stay up world wondering … I have inner peace
‘Cause our maximum effort --- will soon bring us our release
With this little old doctor – so lively – and so slick
I know that our country … our world … will get over bein’ sick
This storied physician … who courses through the data
As he’s quipped … -n- he’s quoted … & he’s told us … what’s the matter
Here’s N.I.H. – here’s C.D.C. – here’s W.H.O. – says OUR Doctor Fauci
and F.D.A. – and D.E.A. – and A.M.A. – and Doc’s own N.I.A.I.D.
to the flat of this curve – to the end of it all
Isolate! Isolate! – Isolate! – one and all
As free seasons were – before this viral trial
When we hadn’t met – an enemy that was this vile
So, under our house-tops – we get to do – what we get to do
With each day of in-doors … & learnin’ … something new
And while we’re hunkering down … under our roof
It feels like a rerun … a “Good as it Gets” movie spoof
As I knew in my heart … I was just churning around
I twisted my arthritic knee … but WHOA … the T.V. remote … I had found
I was impressed with my find … I can now binge NETFLIX
In my grungy PeeJays – popcorn & potato chips
A bundle of shows … now I can sit back
And I’ll feel like a smuggler … with another snack attack
These days are perplexing … & might seem a bit scary
And many a nay-sayer … might choose to be contrary
This toll on humanity … is such a deep blow
As this calamity … it continues to unfold
We were edgy & scared … to a person – to herself – to himself
Then WE scoffed & realized … & saw that we each will be our BEST self
In the blink of an eye … & no twist of my head
Then … yes, then … I knew that there was nothing to dread
We had been socially soft & clumsy … we were oft into our self
Now we are physically distancing … & not being selfish
We think now of purpose … that is beyond this today
Because we KNOW that life … life … is gonna be okay
I wrote all these words … & I’ll soon be back to work
I’ll be filled with synergy …and be so less of a jerk
I’ve avoided touchin’ my mouth … & touchin’ my nose
I know that our world’s … not comin’ to its close
We will spring to the task … in a very short while
And we will FLY … with gumption and … with guile
AND THEN … we will whisper … to each neighbor … and to each friend
Hallelujah … thank you … again … … and again