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Everyone Needs a Hobby

Everyone needs a hobby,

happens Doomscrolling is mine.

I could stop and be more cheerful,

but I just don’t have the time.

It takes me every minute

to keep up with all the gloom.

My mind could be more cheerful,

but it doesn’t have the room.

Christmas Strategy

I’m skipping Christmas for this year.

I’m hunkering down to survive.

I’ll celebrate Christmas twice next year

if I get through this alive.

Snowpack in the Cascades

I haven’t enough to worry about,

so this is what I’ll do:

I’ll worry about the snowpack.

That will see me through!

Wish for Today

May today bring Rainbows.

May today bring Joy.

May today fill your world

with the things you enjoy.

Spinach Soup

Popeye says that Spinach is

The Best for Mind and Soul.

He could be right – so, just in case –

I’ll have another bowl.

Word of the Day: Doomscrolling

Doomscrolling (or doomsurfing) is the act of consuming an endless procession of negative online news, to the detriment of the scroller’s mental wellness.

My hobby is Doomscrolling and

I like it Very Well.

I check the Web incessantly

to see what’s Going to Hell.

There’s always some New Awful

to make up the daily news.

There’s always some Big Problem

that will addle and confuse.

“They” say that it’s unhealthy,

that it makes your mind get sick–

just looking for some direful thing—

There’s Plenty…. Take Your Pick!

But, I have this Web Connection and

I use it constantly.

I look for all the Gloom and Doom

that’s on its way to me.

A Prayer

Each day I write a prayer for you and

send it on its way

to let you know I Love You and

wish the best for you each day..

Some one dies every 36 seconds

Some one dies every 36 seconds.

Some one is dying now.

Some one dies every 36 seconds, and

I still can’t comprehend how.

Some one dies every 36 seconds.

The Virus is the curse.

Some one dies every 36 seconds. and

they say it’s going to get worse.

Living Alone

Living alone has its cons and pros.

Sometimes, it’s hard to take it.

But, on balance, it’s like most things:

It’s pretty much what you make it.

Advice

I find when I need good advice,

the one I talk to is me.

I’ve discovered I’m the only one

with whom I always agree.