I’m getting calls from Amy.
I try to block her call.
Whatever I do is useless.
It doesn’t matter at all.
Author: maiamom
Crossing the Boulevard
I got across without a flap.
Nothing Anxious. No Mishap.
I’m always careful, on my guard,
when I walk across the Boulevard.
Lincoln Ladies’ Monthly Lunch
It’s the final day of summer and we should be having lunch.
But, COVID has us reeling with its One-Two punch.
We hope for something better in the months ahead.
The numbers have us weeping: 200,000 dead.
Thoughts
Some days my mind will make a rhyme
and churn it out in record time.
Some days my mind’s windswept and bare
and there is simply nothing there.
Changes
I peek outside
and what do I see?
Old Man Winter’s
creeping up on me.
Amy
Today it’s Amy who’s after me.
Amy wants my money, you see.
“Persistence” is Amy’s pedigree.
No relief in sight that I can see.
Landlines and Robo Calls
I see why people give up their landlines.
Answer Robo calls till you drop!
There is no recourse – neither guile nor force –
that will make these vultures stop.
Kate
Today I’m getting calls from Kate.
She’s quite persistent, doesn’t wait.
Kate’s been calling me for days.
The calls come through in dif’rent ways.
I don’t know what she calls about….
don’t listen enuf to hear her out.
She sounds a little tense and worried
but always calm and never hurried.
This week it seems to be my Fate
to get unending calls from Kate.
Wait! There it goes! She’s calling again!
These calls from Kate will never end.
Wildfire Smoke
Smoke hovers over the neighborhood.
Ratings are “Toxic”—“Hazardous”—“Plain Not Good”.
The smoke is becoming Quite Perverse.
It vacillates ‘tween Bad and Worse.
Moving On
I’ve given up on 2020.
I’ve decided it’s a Lost Cause.
The year has dragged on much too long.
Let’s all just give it a Pause.
The year has been a Bummer.
It’s usefulness is gone.
Let’s all agree to let it go —
Fast Forward to 2021.
Living the Aging Life 