A Poem by John F. McMullen
Thursday, December 24, Christmas Eve Friday, December 25, Christmas Saturday, December 26. Day After Christmas Sunday, December 27, Two Days After Christmas Today is the night of the 26th and there is a headache and a tightness is my chest -- there is only one way to understand it It’s the third full day without Zoom meetings and I already know that there will be none tomorrow (my feast day) and probably none the next day It was Zoom meetings that have gotten me this far My wife and pets have always been here -- before the lockdown and after – that has not changed but they are all busy --with work and eating and sleeping And Zoom took the place of the many in-person meetings that I went to (3 or 4 a week and a few monthly) and the Mall, Pet-Smart, CVS, and Wal-Mart – but not today or yesterday or the day before or tomorrow I type zoom.com and then is anybody out there?
John F. McMullen, “johnmac the bard”, is the Poet Laureate of the Town of Yorktown, NY, an adjunct professor at Westchester Community College, a graduate of Iona College, the holder of two Masters degrees from Marist College, a member of the American Academy of Poets and Poets & Writers, the author of over 2,500 columns and articles and 10 books (8 poetry), and the host of a weekly Internet Radio Show (300 shows to date).