Tagged: pandemic

perhaps we’ve always

perhaps we’ve always
secretly enjoyed the joy
of missing out – it

took a pandemic to give
us full permission to let go
.
20230415:1925
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humans are a mixed

humans are a mixed
bag, searching for a way back
to each other in

the middle of a pandemic,
calculating ROIs
.
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in the midst of our

in the midst of our
global pandemic, we balance
fear with joy, lightness

with heaviness, playing it
safe with becoming more human
.
20220713:1930
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to gather or not

to gather or not
to gather, that is the question
in the context of

the ongoing pandemic,
we are torn, loose in the wind
.
20220509:0726
y

almost twenty-four

almost twenty-four
moons since we last stepped into
this neighborhood gem –

names are foggy, but the flavors
will never quite escape us
.
20220121:1935
y

there will come a time

there will come a time
when we will be separated
by a pandemic

says no one ever, shouting in
a crowded karaoke bar
.
20220111:2024
y

the new year begins

the new year begins
to look like the year before
and the year before

that – even the guests in our
backyard appear to lose the scent
.
20220104:2015
y

yesterday’s winter

yesterday’s winter
solstice slipped passed nobody
and everybody –

another wave of cases
capturing our attention
.
20211222:1811
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the city becomes

the city becomes
unrecognizable after
one or two years in

a global pandemic, a
new skyline raised in shadows
.
20211221:2033
y

against all odds, we’ve

against all odds, we’ve
arrived at the end of a
twenty-one month year,

a brand new calendar for
our unreal realities
.
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