Masked and muzzled
By Susan Weiman
Can’t breathe
my face turns red
a slow burn
Take long walks along East River
through Long Island City parks
wear out orthotics
and heels of nubuck shoes
Purchase whole wheat and tricolor pasta
popcorn, ice cream, tea biscuits,
ground pork, veal, beef combo --
Foods I never eat at home.
Dine with friends on Zoom
food shop when it rains
hand wash reusable masks
spray gloves with alcohol.
Coronavirus
is this a sign?
a disease?
It’s the way we live now.
Susan Weiman's work has been published in The Paterson Literary Review, Home Planet News, First Literary Review-East, POST(blank), Riverside Poets Anthologies, From Somewhere to Nowhere: The End of the American Dream, and elsewhere. Her chapbook, New York-ish, was published July 2018 by No-Net Press. She resides in Long Island City, NY.
