Georgette Gerdes: Dances with Covid

lockdown

appliances are friends
I can hear 
the chatter
Auntie ABC in the kitchen
PK, Phillip and Norman Swann
information
updates
doomsday

whirring, twirling 
spinning sheets
splashing, whooshing
dirty plates

cars drive by 

humming in tune
LG -
nascence of expanding waistlines
bathed in fluorescent light
yogurt, milk and mouldy left overs

the main event

magical Sony 
mysterious button control
options upon options 
of mind numbing time wasters

Olympics 
take over
Tokyo
days of gymnastics
snuggled 
with a fact possessed teenager

transfixed

scrolling on screens
window shopping
in electronic malls

comfort heating
and eating
warm glow
under blankets
on soft couches

lucky ones
staying safe

getting down with gizmos

pandemic 2021