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Two Limericks by Raquel Melody Guarino
Pot o’ Gold
America’s in a recessionWith closures in every professionThe nurses all cryAs more people dieWith 12-hundred bucks in possessionOh Jesus
The virus is getting quite badBut the president thinks it’s a fadAs the numbers still lurch“I’ll see you in church!”Says Don, a positive lad
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Raquel Melody Guarino is an aspiring expat who just left Italy due to the pandemic. -
“The Air” by Anthony Mirarcki
There are methods ofcoping, optimism in theface of uncertainty, hope.
Change can be agood thing, a chanceto reflect. But questionsinfect my outlook—
How fast can life change?What will happen next?Where do I go from here?
The answers to theseinterrogatives, liketheir cause, remain in the air.
Maybe time can healall wounds, or maybe timeis up.
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“The Optimist” by Raquel Melody Guarino
I packed my bag upstuffed it fullSeams burstingas Itryto pullzipand pushdown the pileto make it easier tocarry
it doesn’t matter what you putas long as you can bear itwithout their help
you may limp or even tripbut you brought those bagsyou brought them for a reason
you will pull those bags up the stairs
one by one.
