May Angels move among us.
May Angels hover near.
May Angels keep us safe from harm
and hold our Loved Ones dear.
Corona Virus Brain
My Brain’s gone crazy.
It just won’t stand still.
It falls down in the Valley.
It swoops over the Hill.
It goes a direction—
then it doubles back.
My Brain has succumbed
to a Virus Attack.
Reminder
Don’t ask of people what they can’t do.
Don’t turn away, and say, “I’m Through!”
Don’t expect another to be
a replica of you and me.
US Census: Seattle is the Saddest Metro Area in the Nation
Well, Yes, I feel ineffably sad.
I wish there were something to make me glad.
The world feels a dangerous, desperate place.
We’re on a planet that seems lost in space.
Our path is Politics of Destruction:
Hate and Spite and Mean Obstruction.
The Virus leaves hundreds of thousands dead.
A desperate time lies straight ahead.
The Northwest skies mirror human pain.
The forecast? We’ll have a “River of Rain.”
Our sadness shows that we feel our plight.
The road ahead feels like dark of night.
The Census just shows what most of us know:
This life is not the way to go.
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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.
Living the Aging Life 