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I’ve vacuumed all the house, and

I’ve mopped up the kitchen floor.

I’ve oiled the wooden tables,

shined the glass beside the door.

I’ve hung fresh bathroom towels, and

I’ve scoured the kitchen sink.

I’ve put out autumn colors

to replace my Summer Pink.

I’ve done the best I can to get

a clean, inviting look.

I hope my company brings food.

I’m much too tired to cook.

I’ve lighted up my “12”, and

I am Ready for the Game!

They’ve done a lot of losing, but

Today Won’t Be the Same!

The game comes on. Oh, Lackaday!

I feel my int’rest vanish.

Xfinity is sending me

the play by play in Spanish.

I have a candle that lights the way.

It shows the path ahead.

When I don’t know what’s asked of me,

I go where I am led.

Did you see the moon last night?

a shimmering ball….clear and bright…

passing silent through the night…

bathing the earth in golden light.

Butterflies and Rainbows.

I offer them to you—

to brighten up dull winter skies

and help your dreams come true.

A mind’s an awful thing to lose.

It slips away in sorrow.

Some days it stays quite close at hand.

Then, disappears tomorrow.

I lighted up my “12”

‘cause I support Seattle’s ‘Hawks.

I like to cheer them on through

passes, tackles, feints, and blocks.

But, nothing made a diff’rence.

No success was there to see.

I could have left my light unlit

and saved ‘lectricity.

We met again at Kati’s on a gray October day,

trusting that the new vaccines keep COVID at the bay.

We’d read a book, so shared a bit

‘bout what we thought about it.

Enjoyed the conversation.

There’s just no doubt about it.

Goblins, ghouls and spooky ghosts

surrounded as we ate,

and friendly pumpkin faces

watched us clean each pretty plate.

Our Carol wasn’t with us.

By a pre-planned circumstance,

she and husband, Jon, were both off

traveling in France.

We had a moment’s quiet thought

for those whom we remember,

and took assignments cheerfully

to read before December.

November 10, 2021 deaths: 1,637

Total US Deaths: 759,000

I’ve got the COVID Virus Blues.

I just can’t seem to shake it.

Three quarters of a million dead…

My mind just can’t quite take it.

I’ve got my shots.  I wear a mask.

I keep my social distance.

I do whatever else I can

at CDC’s insistence.

The virus is a heavy threat

that clouds the way before us.

We long to see a light of hope

to brighten and restore us.