Cyclone Amphan rages in the bay
Threatening millions of lives
Pushing them away
To shelters (or COVID-19 hives).
Author: Christopher Unterberger
5.18.20 – Pharma Bro No Parole (Haiku)
Martin Shkreli tried
To get released from prison.
He did not succeed.
5.14.20 – News Sandwich
Great news:
Renewable energy
Is convincingly
Fighting coal.
Terrible news:
Porcine death camps
Are the new norm.
Okay(?) news:
You’re not alone
For ghosts
Quarantine, too.
5.13.20 – Packed
Wisconsin never
Seizes to surprise me. Now
Bars are packed. Stay home.
5.12.20 – Tribal Crisis
Rainbows,
Emerald Queens,
And all the casinos in-between
Face a crisis of epic proportions:
A virus has shut down
Tables for blackjack,
Wheels for roulette,
And noisy slots—the deck is stacked
Against the only walls
That protect native tribes.
This isn’t the first time disease
Has threatened their will to survive.
5.11.20 – Ode to a Jewish Comic
My sides ache, and a chuckling numbness paints
My face due to a yelling Jerry Stiller.
I howl with laughter at the Zoolander agent’s name:
Maury Ballstein. The name alone a painkiller
For the news of Jerry’s death of natural causes,
Though the strength is not enough to soften
The hurt from losing Festivus.
God grant me Serenity Now to bear these losses
Of the laughter he’d give so often.
Rest in peace, from the rest of us.
5.8.20 – Catfe
Much news to go about:
COVID tests are being shared and
Drug arrests are not spared.
But one story rises to the top
(That is, until it’s knocked off the countertop).
Bangkok’s cat cafes are clawing back!
The purrfect remedy to viral attack
Is feeling felines rub upon
Your pant leg while you sip Americano.
5.7.20 – The U.S. Wins Presidency in Iraq
Iraqis voted for a president
To fill a hole left in their government
Coincidentally the size and shape
Of the glorious United States.
5.6.20 – Where’s the Beef
As Task Forces die,
Archangels are born,
and grounded bikes climb,
There’s one question that thorns:
“Where’s the beef?”
Scarce becomes meat
While the spread of disease
Leaves Wendy in need
Of thousands of those square patties.
5.5.20 – Insecure
In Flint, Michigan,
Where the water runs thick,
A man doing his job
Was murdered for it.
At Family Dollar,
A family of four
Didn’t wear masks,
Refused entry through door.
Later, the same family
Who wouldn’t be let in,
Returned to kill
Calvin Munerlyn.
A security guard
Doing as he’s told
Isn’t safe in a world
Run by a microbe.
This Is Just to Say 