Hey, world out there

Hey, world out there

I hunker down here

and hail you, dear friend,

for we now live in the world

of virtual friends

but you can’t hug anymore.

We live in a new world.

Welcome, officially, to the new world.

From Austin, Texas, I check up on you.

Doing well, I see.

We are doing social distancing

A race of long distance

across age, race, sexuality, continents

countries, states, and cities.

But, online, on your facebook

I can still kiss you

full on the facebook

Full on the face

on the face

the face

and there won’t be

no sickness no more.

Picture:

Ruka, Akodi Orisa painter, placing her love in visual terms, on a window at the Akodi Orisa sanctuary.

Her daughter looks on in amazement.