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once i was bold
now i am just old
and so I am told
to not go outdoors
now i am just old
and so I am told
to not go outdoors
i am to stay inside
not commit "covicide"
by going outside
but what about my chores?
my food is on deliver
not commit "covicide"
by going outside
but what about my chores?
my food is on deliver
i am my own caregiver
if i shake or shiver
if i shake or shiver
i call it a new dance
outside: youth has no strife
outside: youth has no strife
old men bemoan the dead wife
others in crisis of mid-life
with them, i'll take no chance
never w/o computer or book
and i know how to cook
at myself i sometimes look
and i like what i see
i talk and joke to myself
others in crisis of mid-life
with them, i'll take no chance
never w/o computer or book
and i know how to cook
at myself i sometimes look
and i like what i see
i talk and joke to myself
—always words on the shelf—
(and my cute patio elf)
(and my cute patio elf)
i just let me be
i can exercise in place
powder my face
enjoy every inch of space
be well-enough alive
powder my face
enjoy every inch of space
be well-enough alive
i sometimes sip from a flask
thru a hole in a fake mask
what more can i ask
for a man of seventy-five?
as for enforced solitude
let me tell you, dude
i have some gratitude
for this existing scene
thru a hole in a fake mask
what more can i ask
for a man of seventy-five?
as for enforced solitude
let me tell you, dude
i have some gratitude
for this existing scene
i sleep and rise as i desire
go wireless or read w/o wire
avoid all the outside mire
thanks to Covid-19
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go wireless or read w/o wire
avoid all the outside mire
thanks to Covid-19
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FRANCES STEERLING
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Footnotes
A FRANCES STEERLING POEM
ABOUT GRATITUDE FOR COVID-19
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