Covid, Take Three
Confined and isolated within
my own house, within two rooms
my only CHORE to mask to protect you.
It’s an experience of absences:
absence of work –
no reason to EXERT or push;
absence of others –
no guests, no meetings;
absence of schedule –
no pings to ALERT me.
What an odd suspension
of time, of self, of us!
A weirdly unique-to-now moment,
I hardly know what to make of it.
Let’s hope we can process
it soon, in the same room.

Georg’ann

Genetics PLAIN to see
in a quick pass through
the ALBUM. Still a mystery
how traits shift, here so
completely paternal, almost
a replica. Suddenly a series
in which maternal features
dominate the visage.
No consistent through line.
Fascinated by attractions,
commingling DNA, the role
of mirroring and emotion
in shaping muscular structure.
ALERT to fear when I feel her
face inside my own. Solace
she never shows in yours.

Heather