Quarantine

Forty days and forty nights in lock down

	Breathless for inhaling my own air ad infinitum

		Could be worse if I was left out to dry in the desert


Isolation in my own four walls in solitude

	Puffing and panting from the magic scented flacon
 
		Fragrant innocence of lost childhood in terminal decline


		Slimming down expectations for a slice on the road to Nirvana

	I light sandalwood from a candle of flickering dreams

Perfumed ideation adamantly adheres to waxen resolve


		It's only over when the slim lady sung a tune of lifting reprieve

	I hope that she has been told when to bow for applause

And that the virus chokes on the curtain of epical demands


Like a bat out of hell I run round in circles along my four walls

	Loose count of repetitions as I pace an eclipse of boredom

		Enact biblical scenes with a teddy bear and ragged dolls


Lego figures dance a concert of doom with swift ballerinas

	Trinkets on the mantlepiece rejoice in prominent position

		Count their blessings and have their day in the lime light


Super powers of alien invasion penetrate my face mask

	Order my persona to reveal resilience and count down

		The apocalypse for when the gloves are off and insanity ends


03rd April 2020
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Shaw Avatar
April 25, 2020 at 9:06 AM
The apocalypse for when the gloves are off and insanity ends, a nice Monoku all on its own there, Kai, nice win . . . : )
Neumann Avatar
April 26, 2020 at 6:04 AM
Thank you Indiana. At least I am playing Scrabble with my lover, who was once married to a national Scrabble Master. Loosing all the time, but at least I have played viron, isolation and love. Quite often I am stuck with consonants only and wish we were playing in the Welsh language ...Kind wishes, Kai
Pandit Avatar
April 8, 2020 at 6:29 AM
Congrats Kai on your win..your write is so true to real life.
Neumann Avatar
April 26, 2020 at 6:05 AM
Thank you Vijay. My home is my castle, but I wish that the isolation drawbridge could be lifted. Kind wishes, Kai
Chiri Avatar
April 4, 2020 at 4:48 PM
Congrats on your win! I hope you and yours are all safe!;)
Chiri Avatar
July 6, 2020 at 12:02 PM
Ahh see I am trying but this government is messed up and well some have some sense about them bug I will not depend on them ! I too enjoy my own beach on the inside!;)
Neumann Avatar
April 5, 2020 at 1:59 PM
Thanks Brenda. We are isolating in Spain. Food, books, bed and writing. Paradise without the beach. A small price to pay. You too must stay safe. Kind wishes, Kai
Carber Avatar
April 4, 2020 at 2:39 PM
You nailed the experience! Really like that 3rd stanza [there is a typo, Kai, in last line--should be 'off' instead of 'of', no?]
Neumann Avatar
April 5, 2020 at 1:54 PM
Thank you. Appreciated and corrected. Kind wishes, Kai
Poetry Avatar
April 3, 2020 at 11:43 AM
Boredom will kill us all first
Neumann Avatar
April 5, 2020 at 2:03 PM
True. But I got my superman pyjamas on ...
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