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Tonight I Need a Lullaby

Tonight I need a lullaby.

I need a simple song.

I need sweet words of comfort

to bring my sleep along.

I need words soft and gentle.

I need words warm and kind.

I need a simple lullaby

to soothe my weary mind.

Flu Shot

Today I got my flu shot.

I went out without delay.

I’m doing all I can to keep

the Virus Risk at bay.

I do not want pneumonia.

I don’t want the common cold.

I wash my hands obsessively.

It’s dangerous to be old.

Corona Virus Ear

Today I found my hearing aid

on the floor up at Fred Meyer.

The case was scuffed and had a dent

but it didn’t break the wire.

My ear won’t hold the glasses,

hearing aid, Corona Mask.

It simply is not big enough.

It’s not up to the task,

COVID Masks

I couldn’t leave the house today

to do my daily tasks.

I had to stop and run a load.

I had no clean COVID masks!

A Lullaby for Memories

Today I thought of purple hills, of windswept plains, and daffodils.

Today I thought of summer rain, with droplets on the windowpane.

Today I thought of childhood days, tangled up in mem’ry’s haze.

Today I thought of souls gone by, and tonight I hummed a lullaby.

Cherry Tomatoes

My tomato eating appetite is on the wane.

Their flavor was delicious. I cannot complain.

But my tomato appetite’s begun to disappear.

I can’t face any more until this time next year.

AMY

I’m getting calls from Amy.

I try to block her call.

Whatever I do is useless.

It doesn’t matter at all.

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.