Busy Being Bored

Published on December 20, 2020

Sun’s up, another day

Awakened slowly, feeling okay

Stuck inside, quarantine haze

Endless year, COVID days

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Check Instagram, usual start

View photos, tap hearts

Post today, guess so

Recycle photo, they’ll know

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Family asleep, house quiet

Eating poorly, comfort diet

Body aches, now supersized

Clothes tight, should exercise

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Chair instead, computer glare

Flashing cursor, blank stare

Creative atrophy, settling within

Going nowhere, staying in

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Kids awake, devices shine

Downtime off, Tik Tok time

TV sleeping, avoiding clues

Death toll, vaccine news

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Wife disappointed, I’m disengaged

Same reality, different page

Half day gone, my chores ignored

Sunday full, busy being bored