Typewriter Rodeo: Re-Socializing

Each week, the Standard reaches out to Austin’s Typewriter Rodeo for a custom poem on Texas topics.

By Sean PetrieJune 4, 2021 10:28 am,

Opening up, going out, meeting up. Many of us haven’t used those phrases or experienced those situations much before now. That was the inspiration for this Typewriter Rodeo poem.

Re-Socializing

This whole past year
Or more (what is time?)
I didn’t get out much
And to be honest, I was fine

I had great conversations
With all of my plants
I never worried
How I looked in pants

I tuned into Zoom
And got into that flow —
Business up top
Casual below

I got snuggle time
From family and pets
And at buying online
I was the best!

But now, it seems
I must go out of this place
And talk to other people
Um, face-to-face?

Will each joke attempt
Be fraught with dramas?
Will I still be comfy
Not wearing pajamas?

Will I even remember
How to do a high five?
Or to look for traffic
When I drive?

But I guess we’re all
Diving back in
And I can try to be perfect
Or just — begin.

a photo of the typewritten poem

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