Thursday, April 2, 2020

Written in a Time of Plague

Living in a time of plague,
phrases come easy,
but my descriptions are vague
(I look like a hag,
and the skies are hazy).
Before the onset of the plague,
summer was big
and the living was breezy,
but my preferences were vague,
and I waved no flag
but a pink hanky.
And now, living in a time of plague,
my prospects are vague,
YET I’m on the make—
with this ring I wed thee.
Going out for walks every day
on my sandaled feet—
something to do in a time of plague.
And I post on my blog
and a few people see it.
My pretensions are vague,
trying to give and not take—
not taking’s not friendly,
but understandable in a time of plague
when our entire future is vague.