I walked down the street and folks moved to get away
scared of that virus
acting like you got the damn plague
guess you can't be too careful?
In the store we stand 3-6 feet apart with tape markings on the floor.
Store clerks stand nearby watching
ready to enforce if need be.
At work I have seen folks
CROSS THE STREET
as to not walk near the building.
On the bus nobody wants to sit next to you
but my buddy sat next to me a few times
I guess he doesn't care
we're both security guards and wearing those damn masks anyway
but his co-worker keeps his distance.
He's always done that.
Hey I have that effect on some people
have learned painfully
not everybodys gonna like me
and everybody has enemies
Try as hard as I might
some just never see the good
(or maybe some little birdie whispered in their ear?)
Yeah I know what folks say when I'm not around.
Dude at work saw me
let the elevator close and went
right back upstairs
I always thought there was something with him
so now I know.
(I've no idea what I could have said or done
to be treated like a damn serial killer or defiler of children)
I'm a good person
guess the only person who really needs to know that is me in the end.
I guess those who look in on me from time to time
from the other
they know the real me.
When you look outside
streets are basically empty
everybody wearing masks
and theres a real feeling of gloom
Its heavy
like fog
President is in over his head
everybody blaming china
spreading wild stories of endangered animals being eaten
5G contamination
and secret conspiracies
add to that; so many are out of work
waiting on that stimulous check
and you get nervous when somebody coughs or sneezes
at the bus stop a lady moved from a coughing man who then got on the bus and coughed
I hate wearing the masks
but I got creative like so many others have
My mask makes me look like a ninja
(I dare not wear that one at work)
They gave us a mandatory mask to wear.
They check our temperature now too.
Sometimes it feels lonely
I really need to clean up my place
and I gotta try to cheer up more
Staying focused
at least I am still writing and working on projects
at least I spoke to my family
and I find myself missing them
missing the dangerous African too.
Something strange tried to afflict me
Not sure if it was pneumonia or....?
No cough
No fever
No shortness of breath
Not really
(I do struggle with allergies and sinus shit at times)
But my body fought off something alien.
Bus drivers make all of us wear masks or they don't open the door
and most make you enter thru the back door
and its FREE(!)
Cats big and small are getting sick now from this shit
plus you gotta be careful when you open your mail
spray it with Lysol
and let it sit for a day or two.
Stores are closed
people are out of work
economy tanking
folks saying Trump is crazy
yet he's still in office
(Try and figure that one out)
These are some strange times we're living in for sure
trying to deal with the regular crazy of me
and the world
now its PLUS the new crazy.
The crazy that still at times feel like a dream.