The Whiskey Taster’s Flavor Guide

My My My My Corona

Lisa and I got our emails the same day. 
She read hers first. She made a small 
sighing sound, the faintest of protests.
Then broke the news, with a scowl,
“They’re moving classes online “temporarily.”

I don’t want to talk about Corona any more 
- I want to scream about it. Maybe we’ll 
graduate, in three years, without knowing 
what most of our classmates look like -
antithetical to “networking” at university.

I’m lucky, I know - I’m only inconvenienced.
I roam, safely, indoors, impatiently untouched by
adult, real world concerns, like jobs and money. 
So I’ll keep my head up and smile like those
glamorous, happy girls in tampon commercials.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Leffanta Avatar
January 4, 2022 at 10:56 AM
Thanks for the laugh, clever girl! Aloha!
Vionet Avatar
January 4, 2022 at 11:10 AM
Thanks Rico
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