Adverbs

In our COVID-19 quarantine world,

existence is sedentary.

We watch dog walkers all day,

family walkers in the evening.

We wave and exchange

greetings from a safe distance.

Occasionally, in faded yellow lawn chairs

someone stops, sits and talks

across your fire pit from ten feet away

You feed them lethargy, pour adverbs

over stacks of loneliness and chew

verbs behind a hand-made mask.

8-21-20