V1 — Gladys and the Peephole
she was beady-eyed behind her n95, her
disapproval oozing out the peephole
thinks her neighbor is equal
to ego ‘cause he goes
out the apartment exposing his freee nose
even tho brady’s surrounded by people
he’s off to the hot spot
down to the beach, cove
significant danger to mingle with strangers
physical distancing ? but this is spring !
break ! —
V2 — Brady and the Beach Cove
hmm
throw your mask in the air !
for the beach folk
peace, folks:
let ‘em be ”free” on the sea coast
they cannot be thrown — out
dethroned, like: real folks dyin’
but they don’t see ghosts
harsh wailing —
they’re like sea gull
when inside —
they’re out their << mine ! >>
they’re — free souls
CD C them ? — all
clusters of petri
the goal is turn golden
C-3PO
the sand is a castle
when classes are cancelled
the cameraman
pans — to one asshole:
IF he gets corona ? then he gets corona
brady spoke on camera ??
give the kid a diploma !
V3 — Mr. Owl
mr. owl, how many
clicks ? ’til he grows up
what reduces him to stick to “so what”
they’re rollin’ like tootsie
poppin’ like, nothing is pushing
a swap in the system
look: hollywood’s livin’ in houses
nurses & clerks get likes ❤
by thousands
round of applause, for those who are
out & involved — truly risking it all
speaking of
V4 — Oh, Truth
meanwhile: beach balls are volleyed in courts
coeds on mopeds probably, in shorts
“like, duude: south beach, is the obvious course”
news van crew: two o’clock report
their doc is seuss not zeus
find fauci
the proof’s in how he
speaks, truth: loudly
oh, truth
what is truth ?
we seeee what we wanna see
huddled up in bubbles
of echos & despondency
honesty lies on tv
minds ? zombies
form a line, calmly
nodding like lemmings:
falling
into the dawning
era
fear of,
learning
letting
go
03 APR 2020 | Copyright © B. Yee
Lyrics from the album, APART_MENT, 2021, by Gene Wilderness