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Notes From The Home Office
Finally a corner office
to be honest, a laundry room as well
three windows opened wide
one facing South, two West
lit scented candle, “Sea Spray” gutters in a westerly one
blown by cool Spring breeze
traversing tween adjacent windows
sating longing to feel what agitates the leaves
what makes the wind chimes sing
evoking Taoist spiritual serenity
happy memories of grandma’s garden
Butterflies erratically flutter through the backyard
Monarchs they seem
perhaps that Monarch impostor
the similarly royal Viceroy…regardless
they share the airspace with red-breasted robins,
mockingbirds, red-winged blackbirds,
and mud-dauber wasps
Time better spent
reconnecting with the adolescents
that share my last name
no rushing to bus stops
Instead last-minute roll out of bed
beginning my 50 yard commute
gone is business dress
replaced by shorts and a pocket-tee
hell I could work bare-naked
if the door locked and I kinked that way
still compelled to wear the backpack
listen to a panoply of podcasts, books, music
out loud, sans volume restrictions
pen a poem or two
in tandem with my avocation, my job
Laboring in the comfort of my home
would be grand
if circumstances weren’t so globally dire,
so bloated with anxiety
acutely aware of my moment-by-moment good fortune
regularly petitioning God
on behalf of they, who with heavy heads,
wear the cruel crown
for those poor souls with virus sick
they who care for the same
they who have passed,
they that mourn their passing
the healthy, able bodied, skilled employee
now unemployed
for all these do I pray
to be honest, a laundry room as well
three windows opened wide
one facing South, two West
lit scented candle, “Sea Spray” gutters in a westerly one
blown by cool Spring breeze
traversing tween adjacent windows
sating longing to feel what agitates the leaves
what makes the wind chimes sing
evoking Taoist spiritual serenity
happy memories of grandma’s garden
Butterflies erratically flutter through the backyard
Monarchs they seem
perhaps that Monarch impostor
the similarly royal Viceroy…regardless
they share the airspace with red-breasted robins,
mockingbirds, red-winged blackbirds,
and mud-dauber wasps
Time better spent
reconnecting with the adolescents
that share my last name
no rushing to bus stops
Instead last-minute roll out of bed
beginning my 50 yard commute
gone is business dress
replaced by shorts and a pocket-tee
hell I could work bare-naked
if the door locked and I kinked that way
still compelled to wear the backpack
listen to a panoply of podcasts, books, music
out loud, sans volume restrictions
pen a poem or two
in tandem with my avocation, my job
Laboring in the comfort of my home
would be grand
if circumstances weren’t so globally dire,
so bloated with anxiety
acutely aware of my moment-by-moment good fortune
regularly petitioning God
on behalf of they, who with heavy heads,
wear the cruel crown
for those poor souls with virus sick
they who care for the same
they who have passed,
they that mourn their passing
the healthy, able bodied, skilled employee
now unemployed
for all these do I pray
Published 3rd Apr 2020
Author's Note
Crown, in Spanish, is corona. I pray you are all healthy, safe vigilant and as happy as you can be in this truly trying time 😊🙏💖
NaPo/GloPo?WriMo 2020 #3
NaPo/GloPo?WriMo 2020 #3
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3rd Apr 2020 10:36pm
5th Apr 2020 6:12pm
3rd Apr 2020 10:49pm
5th Apr 2020 6:15pm
Thank you very much, Hashman! Take care and Godspeed to you and yours as well. 😊
4th Apr 2020 2:06am
Lovely reflections, mixed with sadness and prayers... very bittersweet. I love this.
5th Apr 2020 6:22pm
Thank you so much, Titanium ❣️❣️ It is indeed a bittersweet time isn't it? It's been a beautiful, peaceful time working from home but that fear linger s, always, in the back of my mind. This too shall pass 🌹☺️
5th Apr 2020 10:37am
5th Apr 2020 6:36pm
Dear Soledsd, thank you❣️❣️ *blush* I am so happy that you found inspiration and solace in my words. Be safe, be comforted 🙏💞😊
