He felt his heart and arms ache with longing
Understanding the need for social distancing, but….
Going cold turkey for so long hurt his extroverted soul even more
Hug (an acrostic poem)
Category Archives: Corona
Cold (an acrostic poem)
Can’t stop my nose from running a marathon
Only my eyes are also in the competition
Leaving me drinking like a sailor to keep from dehydrating
Don’t worry. I’m sure it’s not COVID and just a…
Dizzy (an acrostic poem)
Dazed and confused
I sit here in front of my screen
Zoom to teach my classes
Zoom to meet with colleagues
Yet at times it seems pretty slow
The Digital Downfall (a 200 word story)
We didn’t even know we were being conquered.
How about that for humanity’s divine right?
First shoe to drop was when Amazon just went dark. Like not even a 404-error dark. A spinning wheel of painful waiting torture was the only eulogy for what was king the day before.
Facebook and Twitter were soon only posting stories about end of the world scenarios. Left wing, right wing, any crackpot scenario of the end of the world was jamming everyone’s feeds. Reddit was the same, no matter the voting of the members. Hell, 4chan was even doing it. Like what the hell, 4chan?
The aliens took over so smoothly that by the time we realized what was happening the only thing we could do was to surrender. Any attempt at pulling the plug and they would go all Terminator on us. We expected the AIs we would be fighting would be the ones we created, but we were naive. The alien AIs controlled every digital system on the planet. The best part was we were all home waiting for COVID-19 to be cured, but the virus that killed off the autonomy of the human race was digital. No mask for that.
Tap (an acrostic poem)
The beer flowed freely from the keg
And that would be awesome if his friends were here
Perhaps after COVID goes away…
Image: images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71g%2BtP4w1YL._AC_SL1500_.jpg
Together (an acrostic poem)
There is so much you can’t do by yourself
Others are needed to make it happen
Getting your tribe on board might not be easy
Everyone might have different opinions or a different way to do it
That’s when you need to realize we are all in this
Here is where we need to work extra hard listening and not attacking
Enabling the collective to try and fail as we look towards success
Realizing this is why in these tough times we need to stick…
Image: thepattersonfoundation.org/media/zoo/images/picture_6f1b9a6c301f7e0576ed24912863f74d.jpg
Chalk (an acrostic poem)
Calcium carbonate dyed bright colors
Has been applied to sidewalks and parking lots
A message of thankfulness and hope
Left for those on the front lines of this epidemic
Keeping a smile on their masked faces
Image: i.cbc.ca/1.5513712.1585419662!/cumulusImage/httpImage/support-for-health-care-workers-is-written-in-chalk-in-the-east-end-of-toronto.jpg
Accept (an acrostic poem)
And this is the new normal?
Can’t we come up with something a bit better?
Create a tomorrow that makes yesterday seem like the Middle Ages
Except some pine for that yesterday
Pulling that familiar close to their bosom
The unknown is just too much to …
Crowded (an acrostic poem)
Covid19 kept everyone away for so long
Randy got used to being on his own
Only now those restrictions were ending
Which meant everyone was doing their most to get out
Disturbing him with their proximity
Eventually, he had to reisolate himself
Determined to keep the spirit of Covid19 alive
Image: cdc.gov/media/dpk/diseases-and-conditions/coronavirus/images/outbreak-coronavirus-world-1024x506px.jpg
Craft (an acrostic poem)
Cobbling together something beautiful
Relies on one part imagination
Another part materials
Finally a good chunk of time
This means during this crisis you can level up!
