Friday, April 9, 2021

Covid-19’s ABC’s

Photo by Ibrahim Boran on Unsplash


A is for Asymptomatic
    If you don’t know you have it, it’s quite problematic.

B is for Banana Bread
    Everyone’s baking it, they said.

C is for Contact-tracing
    Hold tight, we’re going virus chasing.

D is for Doctors Save Lives
    It could be your husbands or your wives.

E is for Emergency
    Treat it with urgency.

F is for Facemask
    Keep it on, that’s your task.
    
G is for Grocery Delivery
    A necessity; not a frippery.

H is for Home
    Stay put, don’t go roam.

I is for Isolation
    When you’re sick, hello frustration.
    
J is for Johnson & Johnson
    A one-dose option.

K is for Keep Sanitizing
    Stop the virus from arising.

L is for Loss of Taste and Smell
    Is it tasty or stinky? You can’t tell.

M is for Moderna
    Number two in the fight against corona.

N is for Nose Swab
    Yes it hurts, but it does its job.

O is for Online Learning
    But, in-person classes are the yearning.

P is for Pfizer
    Take it and be a little wiser.

Q is for Quarantine
    The post-travel two-week routine.

R is for Restaurants Closed
    Stay away so you don’t get exposed.

S is for Social Distancing
    Six feet apart and please don’t sing.

T is for Toilet Paper Rush
    Make sure you’re all stocked up and don’t forget to flush.
    
U is for Unemployment
    A dreadful disappointment.

V is for Virus Variants
    Villainous and nefarious.

W is for Wuhan
    Where the virus dawned.

X is for X Out Travel
    And watch our lives unravel.

Y is for Year Long Disaster
    When the virus was our master.

Z is for Zoom
    The universal electronic room.

 

 

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8 comments:

  1. Covid creating a smile is rare:)

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  2. This definitely made me chuckle. COVID isn't funny, but this poem certainly is.

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  3. You nailed the ABCs of our global sneeze! Bravo.

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  4. You managed to pack the whole kit and kaboodle into this Covid alphabet. I must try baking banana bread, haven’t done that yet and, although I’m no longer required to shield, I’m still not roaming. I think these lines should be a slogan or on a poster:
    ‘S is for Social Distancing
    Six feet apart and please don’t sing.’

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  5. I soo love banana bread! This is incredibly evocative in terms of the change in times and Covid.

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  6. This is clever! The banana bread part made me smile.

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  7. Make sure you save this one for future readers. Nice hitting the high spots of this epitomy of danger and inconvenience we call pandemic.

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