This problem is not inside our heads, said the TV
The answer is easy if we self-quarantine
We must work together in our struggle to be free
There must be nineteen ways to kill a virus
She said, we must all get used to solitude
I hope this message won’t be politically misconstrued
But I’ll repeat myself at the risk of being crude
Social distance is the first way to kill a virus
Out of 19 ways to kill a virus
You stay off that beach, Cheach
Wash those hands, Stan
You don’t need a new toy, Roy
Just help us get free
Hop off that bus, Gus
You don’t need to hoard that much
Just drop that key, Lee
And help us get free
Ooh, Walmart’s no go, Mo
Make a new plan, Ann
You can cook at home, Sloan
You just listen to me
Read new a new novel, Havil
Bake some bread, Jed
Listen to rock, Brock
And help us get free…..
In response to recent suggestions that the elders should die out and make way for the rest, please read the folktale of your choosing from this family. When an old person dies, a library burns, and if EVER we needed our libraries to rebuild…. the new world isn’t gonna run on stock markets. It will need gardens and home canning and people who have seen it all twice. In other words, our grandparents….
Wendy Welch: Books, Yarn, Cats, Opioids 