My life is going sideways.
I know that sounds banal.
If you find your life is sideways,
Don’t drive in a canal.
I just saw a lovely woman.
I mean, she was really hot.
Two years ago, I’d ask her out.
Now, it’s “Have you had your shots?”
COVID-19
2020 Vision
On the first day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me.
A bad case of COVID-19.
On the other days of Christmas,
We were self-quarantined,
And I didn’t get squat.
I hate 2020.
Twenty-twenty
I stayed at home.
I lost my job.
I drank alone.
It sucked at first.
It sucked galore.
It sucked all summer,
Then, it sucked some more.
Just two weeks,
Then just two months,
Then “By the Fall”,
Now, this blows chunks.
It has to be better.
2021 can’t be this bad.
Eat your black-eyed peas.
Let’s not be sad.
Social Distancing
I
Can’t
Really
Come
Up
With
A
Topic
Today,
But
At
Least
My
Words
Are
Safe
From
Infection.
My Year So Far
February was my 20th Anniversary.
We were going for a cruise.
So, in January, I broke my foot.
Oh, plus my ankle, too.
Cruise canceled.
Well, next year is 21.
That's almost the same.
Staying home.
Avoiding all others.
Well, it will be over by May.
May, when we visit grandkids.
Wait. What?
Scrap that trip.
We have a Christmas cruise.
Yes, I know about cruises.
I'm not hopeful.
2019 kinda sucked.
2020 said, "Hold my beer."
I'm too old for this.
March, I was out of the splint.
I was out of the cast.
I was into a boot.
So, now I can travel.
It's my 60th birthday.
Time for a road trip.
Wait. What?
Quarantine Learning
While we are all here on lockdown,
Just sitting at home has lost its thrills.
So, I am working on self-improvement.
I am taking the time to increase my skills.
Last week, I studied to be a mob boss.
I learned to show no mercy.
Now, I have to find my associates.
I just don’t want to move to Jersey.
This week, I learned to be a King.
Assuming it’s like being a Queen.
I will kindly rule my Empire,
I need a crown and some caffeine.
Today, I learned to run a crab boat.
“Captain” has been on my bucket list.
Now, I just need to get a boat.
Then, I have a crew to enlist.
I was learning to be a survivor,
But it didn’t last too long.
It’s just office committee politics,
Where the weak outvote the strong.
Next week, I’ll run a rescue,
Although it may be life or death.
It doesn’t sound too difficult,
I hear you need tigers and some meth.
Virus Haiku
Washing constantly.
Staring at the same four walls.
Slowly losing mind.
Self-Isolation
Bored.
Oh, Lord.
I’m bored.
Working at home.
(Like I was before.)
Let me explain.
In January,
I broke my ankle.
Broke my foot as well.
The doctor asked,
“This was one fall?”
Splint, boot, cast, boot.
My doctor said I should stay off it.
Avoid traveling.
So, I was stuck at home.
My wife said, “At least you work at home.”
Annoyed.
Very annoyed.
But it was my fault.
April,
I can walk!
I’m free at last!
Bad timing.
Everyone said,
“Stay home!”
“Avoid everyone!”
“Work at home!”
“Don’t travel!”
So, it’s pretty much
Like breaking my foot again.
Except I didn’t.
So, I’m annoyed.
And, I’m bored.
Oh, Lord.
I’m bored.