Quarantine of 2020
by Dorothy D’Annunzio, Midway, NC

You're stuck at home, you're all alone
With kids, a man and a dog
You want some wine but it's only nine
Some days you're in a fog
You try your hand at teaching
What else is there to do
The kids are always screeching
One painted the other one blue
Your husband is now a couch potato
He flicks through every channel
He won't give up the remote control
It's more than you can handle
He says he wants home cooking tonite
He means you and not himself
Do I look like Betty Crocker
There's Mac 'N Cheese on the shelf
Your hair's a mess, your eyebrows are bushy
Your nails are such a fright
Your stylist is out of work because
The salons are closed up tight
You finally brave the grocery store
You wear your gloves and mask
The shelves have all been emptied
Where's the toilet paper, you ask
This quarantine won't last forever
We'll soon be free to roam
The family is healthy and together
God Bless our little home.

Copyright 2020, Dorothy E. D'Annunzio