Coronavirus cases are on the rise in almost every part of the country. And even as holidays approach and pandemic fatigue wears on, experts caution it’s best to stay at home as much as possible. So what to do? That was the inspiration for this Typewriter Rodeo poem.
What To Do, What To Do (A Plaguetime Poem)
it’s a perfect time to take up knitting
learn to play the bass
finally master baking bread
figure out my face
read those Shakespeare tragedies
train the dog to sit
have a contest with myself
see how far i can spit
write twenty letters, fifty postcards
get politically engaged
follow all the news i can
until i get enraged
do some burpees, do some yoga
put a garden in
embrace forgotten virtues
cast off sloth and sin
and i’ll get around to all of that
now that i have the time
i just have one more show to binge
and then i’ll write that rhyme
i’ve been meaning to write
for you
