Collaboration: Day 44

Pandemic Pantoum

Tediously familiar, each déjà vu
I pile them slowly, brick by brick
Morning espresso, evening beer for two
Listening to metered time, tick, tick, tick

I pile them slowly, brick by brick
Morning coffee and oatmeal for two,
Listening to metered time, tick, tick, tick
My daughter is gifting me a colorful mask, whoo!

Morning coffee and oatmeal for two,
Daydreaming of when there’s no fear of the sick.
My daughter is gifting me a colorful mask, whoo!
Did the first two months of the Pandemic

Daydreaming of when there’s no fear of the sick.
Spring is here but little left to do.
Did the first two months of the Pandemic
Buying cheap gas, $2.19, whoo hoo!

Spring is here but little left to do.
May not see it again, so fill it up quick
Buying cheap gas, $2.19, whoo hoo
What about watching tonight a chick flick?

May not see it again, so fill it up quick.
Pudgy little fingers and a delightful coo.
What about watching tonight a chick flick?
I hear, I see, “chirp chirp,” “bark,” but no moo.

Pudgy little fingers and a delightful coo.
Princess Tabitha’s claws click click click.
I hear, I see, “chirp chirp,” “bark,” but no moo.
She said, “it’s a nice pick.”

Princess Tabitha’s claws click click click.
Morning espresso, evening beer for two.
She said, “it’s a nice pick.”
Tediously familiar, each déjà vu.

Original prompt: Write two lines of poetry, one with an -ick ending and one with an -ooh ending, to piece together into a pantoum.

by Natalie Champion, Gudelia Vaden, Nan Friedley, Juanita Mantz, Debby Johnson, Dar Stone, Barbara Berg, Burcu Misirli Chatham,