012221b

 

No one could have predicted a pandemic like this, some people said. Not only did they ignore predictions from epidemiologists, they evidently don't read science fiction. Isn't there something about people ignoring history? Let's add fiction.

011721

 

When I say "grapefruit diet,"  do you think "weird fad of yesteryear" or do you think "Zoot Suit Riot," the perfect song for Weird Al to mock with his comedic genius? Well, no contest. Stop what you're doing, drop everything (unless you are holding crockery) and stream "grapefruit diet!" Follow that up with almost any other song by Weird Al, and tears will be running down your cheeks. And after all, in the year of the Trump virus, maybe laughter is still the best medicine. I sure hope so, since we still can't get enough doses of vaccine.

121120c

 

no need to curtail
shopping while the virus stalks
morticians need work too

112320

 

1 million fools a day
are sucking down the dangerous air of planes
all of my loved ones
so glad none of them are you

100920

The invisible killer
misinformation spreads faster
than the coughs and headaches
disinformation spreads faster
than the deadly spheres
chaos spreads faster
than the white-sheeted forms
so why you come around
waving your test results
knocking on my bunker door?

080720

 

My doctor sees things getting better week to week in the hospital. I said "school hasn't started yet." Give us a couple of weeks of students not wearing masks, and they are not wearing masks, and then tell me how things are going.

061320b

empty on Saturday

I sneak into the office

to pick up files

060220c

state opens up

staying in this house

no matter what they say

060220

Solidarity

mourners

crowded around the deathbed

stood shoulder to shoulder

in the graveyard

brought traditional comfort food

some hadn't seen each other in years

three days later

the coughing started

052720c

suppressing a cough
and my head feels hot
do I have it?

052620

motorcycle

roaring past the house

no mask no gloves

050820

lizard people assume control


safety measures enacted
infections plummet
unemployment vanishes
economy ticks up
Gaia heaves a sigh of relief

I welcome our new
carnivorous overlords
they don't eat much
and we can spare
all the conspiracy theorists
they want

050720f

Mosaique--a bilingual website devoted to Covid-19 in the arts. Includes a bit by me.

https://jeanpierrecoiffey.wixsite.com/mosaique/copie-de-elisabeth-nee-francaise-en

050720c

another state employee
tests positive in the workplace
how do you like
your blue-eyed Governor now
Mr. Death?

050720b

UPS driver
brings more medical supplies
no gloves, no mask




What are people thinking?