Another Day.

Another screen instead of a friend
Another day separate but on zoom
A work day marks the day different
Another short commute to the guestroom

Another risk assessment of the ordinary
Another socially distanced work around
Another tech platform crammed in my brain
Another unsatisfying solution found

Another afternoon like all the others
Another tough task completed alone
Teamwork without the Oxycontin
Colleagues lost who loath the phone

Another night of PBS news hour
Another meal cooked by hand
The dishwasher running endlessly
Another crisis badly handled by man

Another shame-storm for unfinished projects
Another weekend to write that novel
Continued fruitlessness shiftlessness idle
Another 2 am fitful journal spiral

Another evening of solitary harmonizing
Missing the kinship of my choir
Another episode of some fake drama
Numbing my mind from the quagmire

Another moment living in the present
Recycled stress-wrapped present indeed
Another plan cast away, no dreams to launch
Another day down the drain, plans stymied

Too much time on my hands and heart
Awful sad thoughts packing my mind
Left sitting in the dark thinking the worst
A focus on gratitude but good news hard to find

On top of a year of the worst truths
Another day just. to. get. through
More time bracing for WHAT next
Then a cherry-on-top heinous coup

Another day saying it’s gonna be okay
Another day forcing myself to believe it
Separated for safety, un-sharing air
Another day to which we resubmit