Junk thinking

Today, the city will come by

for curbside yard waste

I think I’ll bundle up pandemic fears

and set them out there, too

Don’t believe those Bible thumping

divine retribution doomsayers

An asteroid took out the dinosaurs

NOT gay rights, abortion

prayer in school, immigration

the plague or a coronavirus

This isn’t the world’s first pandemic

and won’t be its last

I may not make it through this one

greet you on the sunny side of the street

But I will call my friends and family

wash my hands frequently and practice

safe distancing so more of us survive

Set a chair in my front yard

wait for the trash truck to come by

say hello to the driver and

wave goodbye to my junk thinking

[“Yea , though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil”

(from the Jewish scriptures, Book of Psalms, 23:4 KJV)]

4-2-20