Thursday, May 7, 2020

Upon Release from Lockdown - poem

Lawrence Hall
mhall46184@aol.com
poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

Upon Release from Lockdown

But we keep a-comin’. We’re the people that live.

-Ma Joad, The Grapes of Wrath

With friends for lunch after two dreary months
How we looked forward to it! The neon café
Along the interstate, tourists and truckers
All waiting to be seated – how many, sir?

But how desolate it is in the dimness
Almost empty - half the furniture gone
No merriment, no hum of activity
One masked server, flickering about like a ghost

The road out past the empty parking lot
Leads to California. Maybe we should go

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