For laughs only: Ode to Quarantine

Not much to do in Quarantine, except have a laugh.

Ode to Quarantine

Am I the only woman

Who during Quarantine

Takes out her sponge and bucket

And madly starts to clean?

Louise Stanley, “Falling on Hard Times”

I could improve my mind

I could memorize a poem

Instead of dusting baseboards

And tidying my home

But Shakespeare and Homer

I fear will be unread

While I embark on laundry

And vacuuming my bed

Some may think it curious

To make my home pristine

When no one gets to visit me

And all my work’s unseen

But visitors would only scuff

My newly polished floor

So let me go on cleaning

At least a few days more.

Carla Sarett, March 2020