Quaranroutine

Poem by Melissa Balmain

Skype with Dad and Tweet with Mom;
WhatsApp with pals from Greece to Guam;
FaceTime your aunt and second cousin;
Zoom with neighbors by the dozen;
Google Hangout, Facebook too,
with classmates whom you barely knew
in grade school, high school, college; after,
share Snapchat pics and Viber laughter
with friends of friends and some guy (Sam?)
who follows you on Instagram…
and daydream of a long vacation
from all this social isolation. ◊

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MELISSA BALMAIN is the Editor of Light, a journal of light verse. Her collection Walking in on People is often mistaken by online shoppers for some kind of porn.