corona verses

DOC

We know as a doc he’s no slouch. He

Must deal with that boss—what a grouch, he!

Please don’t give up, Doc

The election day clock

Is ticking for you, Dr. Fauci!

Winter is coming right up

Our summertime patterns must stop

Please write me and tell

How you’re planning a swell

New season—as all our temps drop!

Have you noticed we don’t use some words now?

Here’s research for all of you nerds now!

Maybe Google has listed

What we’ve stopped and desisted

From using: what’s just "for the birds" now?

Hint:  When was the last time you heard anyone say "swell"  (except in a limerick I just added here!)

Send me some other words you don’t hear anymore!

ONLINE WORD GAMES

How many of you know of Lexulous? 

An online word game that makes wrecks of us 

I think that like Scrabble 

It’s word technobabble 

And keeps upping just what it expects of us. 

I started with it like a virgin 

At a friend’s not-so-urgently urgin’ 

She kept winning until 

I just learned from her skill 

And our scores have begun to start mergin’... 

Well, that’s how I’m keeping my brain 

Pretty sharp, though it’s starting to strain 

Some words that will work 

Can just drive you berserk— 

“Oche” “gon” “qin” and “vum”—-see? Insane! 

ART

There is “art”—

And of course there is ART!

Earth Day gives us a great place to start

I can’t draw worth a damn 

It’s a poet I am 

But I write these with all of my heart!

So here’s to the earth—and to us!

It’s not time to get  back on the bus—

But we’re  hangin’ in there

Til the earth’s back to where

We can share and nobody will fuss!

        (Or cuss!)

FAUCI

God willing, we’ll soon vaccinate or

Be doomed to insidious wait.  Or

Be able to praise

The role Fauci plays

As doctor and chief innovator.

HOW IT ALL STARTED….

There once was a germ from Wuhan

Who hatched him a helluva plan—-

Upset that the women

Got all the good gym in

He thought “Now see here, I’m a man

And men are supposed to be tough!

These women get more than enough

They’re not just aerobic

They’re all germaphobic!

So we germs gotta really play rough!

I’ll morph from a germ to a virus—

(The procedure predates the papyrus!)

Till they yell bloody murder 

And beg ‘Go no furder!”

And are properly, humbly desirous.”

Well, we ain’t gonna wimp—we will fight!

Yes, it may take us many a night—

And a day, yessiree

But soon enough now, you’ll see

Mr. Covid l9 taking flight!

(and he can’t go too soon to suit me!)

CORONA VIRUS 

It’s only the second damn day

And I’m lonely and just want to say—

(Or maybe just scream):

This is all a bad dream!!!

Please somebody, make it go ‘way!!!

I moved here to be with a crowd

Now we’re none of us even allowed

To mingle or mix

And wow, I’m in a fix!

It’s like living beneath a black cloud!

But this of course also will pass

So let’s raise a (spotless!) wine glass—

And toast to wellbeing

And all of us seeing

Each other— together en masse!

CHRISTMAS 2020 AT THE SALVATION ARMY 

It’s over for this year, that’s true


But I didn’t know this—did you?


It seems that bell ringers


Were replaced by cell fingers—-


You donated through A POSTER or two! 

I wasn’t outside much, pre- Yule 

But even today downtown, 

you’ll Be likely to see


A poster—like me— 

With a bar code that acts as a tool ! 

And begs you to give just that way! 

No risk to their take, I would say 

But how ‘bout that gold


That each year, we are told, 

Gets dropped in the kettle one day? 

The lovely femme ringer’s beguiling


(Do you give more to a blonde who is smiling?) 

And I can tell you


And you know that it’s true


Some clever ad person was styling!