Sticky Wicket

I. sent home, undeniably smooth faced & a smile traveled ten miles shocking, the electronic stint reading, reading, reading the library; it’s closed bought instant pot; soups pressuring, ladeled into two bowls. Lemony cake with more lemony frosting because he asked me too; nothing else to do stuck, at home; sticky wicket — wicked season II. curbside return, a farside cartoon; grand opening tables and chairs tied up like victims; taped up mouths — wall plates my smile stuck inharmoniously; attack of the mask Zorro keeps pulling it up to my eyes; masquerade mayhem when the pandemic ends might save the scraps for savage weather III. no end in sight illness gaining strength; anxious to arm wrestle hide behind barrier except when i get really close screening unfathomable IV. Twenty twenty five a good year; face to face i let out a sigh of relief; the mirror puts me back in my place 11/5/2020 *sticky wicket - metaphor used to describe a difficult circumstance