John's poems of...LIFE - LIVING &LOVE...JDJ

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DURING THIS COVID-19--
-PANDEMIC---CRISIS;
OUR SAMEOLD MUNDANE
LAZY AND CRAZY, 
BORING AND  DISTRESSING
DAY TO DAY
AND MOMENT TO MOMENT
HAPPY AND SAD'
GOOD AND BAD
STRUGGLING AND 
THRILLING AND
EXCITING
LIFE LIVING
AND LOVING
'BASIC--ROUTINES
WE ARE TRUELY
BEGINNING
TO---REALLY
MISS;


LIKE
GETTING UP
VERY EARLY IN THE
MID-WINTER, COLD AND 
DRIVING-TAKING THE BUS-
TRAIN-PLANE MOTORCYCLE
OR---------WALKING---------HIKE TO
OUR   WORK  LEISURE  OR   SCHOOL
THE---SAME;
WE ARE REALLY
STARTING TO
MISS---THE--REGULAR
DISTRESS AND STRESS
OF--AGGRAVATING--HURTFUL
--MEAN--PEOPLE
WITH BAD SAD
GOSSIP, AND OVERALL
JUST PUTTING
UP WITH AND DOING
OUR BEST TO BE DEALING WITH
BORING, OR NICE AND GOOD AND BAD PEOPLE, AND 
PRAYING THROUGH IT ALL
AND SMILING AND 
DEALING WITH IT ALL
DAY TO DAY 
AND YEAR AFTER YEAR
AND DOING
OUR
BEST
TO STAY
HAPPY
PRAYERFUL'
HOPEFUL
FAITHFUL
AND
SANE AND
COMMUNICATING
WITH ALL PEOPLE
AND DOING OUR
BEST TO BE
PLAYING   THE
GAME;


AND WHEN
WE ALL
WERE JUST
SURVIVING AND'
LOOKING TO AND WAITING
FOR THE
   WEEKEND;
NOW WITH
THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC
THE WEEK-END
JUST LAST DAY AFTER DAY
AND WEEK AFTER WEEK
AND MONTH AFTER MONTH
WITH--------NO--------END
AND WE WISH AND MISS
THE SAME STRESSFULNESS
WE HATED TO BEGIN
AFTER EVERY
LONG-RELAXING
WEEK-END
AGAIN;







BY JOHN D JUNGERS
29---JANUARY---2021





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