Carve a jack-o’-lan-
tern, put it in a mask. Hang
a skeleton. Same.
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witches and black cats, too
haiku for 10/19/20
Tag: pandemic
gasping for revenue
haiku for 10/16/20
Every town scraping
by till we reopen it
all someday, some year.
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halloween improvised
haiku for 10/13/20
Bobbing for vaccines.
Trick or grab-and-go bagged treat.
Masks and nothing else.
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how people are voting
haiku for 10/12/20
In person on time
or early, by mail or drop
box, hopeful, anxious.
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the reading-is-contagious book club
haiku for 10/9/20
The ladies, without
masks, piled into the living
room to gossip, gloat.
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safety fatigue
haiku for 10/7/20
Playing by the rules
sucks when everyone else does
whatever they want.
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play balls
haiku for 10/5/20
Every sport all at
once, a smorgasbord and a
true fan’s worst nightmare.
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when crisis management needs crisis management
haiku for 10/1/20
where to sit in a pandemic
haiku for 9/28/20
The signs on every
other table say to stay
away. The rest? Fine!
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the wait for a vaccine
haiku for 9/24/20
Racing for a cure,
taking all the shortcuts, most
of us won’t partake.
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