Viral Verse: PANDEMIC POETRY, parts #1 and #2

SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio and Dr. GH, March and April, 2020. Many of this group of terse verses has also been posted on Facebook, and most have also appeared individually as entries on our blog 'Daily Illustrated Nonsense' since March 2020.

Hello! I'm your social 
distancing trainer!

GOING VIRAL!

CURRENT CONTENTS:
Cetacean advice

Cleaning services

COVID confinement

Down the street

Do your own dishes (D.Y.O.D.)

The Infirm

Kermit's prediction

March sadness

Mother's day

Social distancing

Stay-at-home orders

What's not to like?

Back to normal

Frontline workers

Squid in the time of COVID (3 stanzas --  a 'brief saga')

Authors' Note:

cetacean: pertaining to whales, dolphins or porpoises

Authors' Note: This verse, inspired by OEDILF editor MikeAq's experience with housecleaning during the COVID-19 era, imagines the broad spectrum of protective measures needed in the corporate or institutional setting.

Authors' Note: 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to us!

Authors' Note: 

B.Y.O.B.  bring your own booze (bottle)

D.Y.O.D.  do your own dishes, an analogous motto proposed for software-enhanced 'remote get-togethers' via internet

potlatch:  a ceremonial West Coast aboriginal feast, at which highly valued possessions are given away to enhance the host’s prestige

Zoom: software for interactive on-line meetings

(Note that the three stanzas of this "brief saga" can be found in more readily legible format on the blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense"; click HERE.) 

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