Remdesivir won
Emergency approval for
Mediation against COVID. The drug—
Designed originally to fight
Ebola—
Should be available
Inside the week, per Gilead.
Very optimistic, considering our
Inability to provide
Respirators to our nurses.
Author: Christopher Unterberger
5.1.20 – Haikus: For the Price of One, You Get Two!
Things are getting weird:
Japanese eels need more friends,
Subways are shut down,
And masks on airplanes.
We need art more than ever…
Solved with a haiku!
4.30.20 – Emissionary Position
In Xanadu, Kubla Khan declares
“No more leaving, for the air
That escapes the stricken ones
Is poisonous.” He said this once
Eight weeks ago, or so it seems.
Due to the isolating means
In which we must separate
There is no time. There is no date.
Though good can from staying home
Like restoration of ozone.
Emissions will reduce this year!
From your homes, sing and cheer!
I tell you now, for what it’s worth,
We are helping out our Mother Earth.
Inspired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan”
4.29.20 – Fire Sale! Hot!
Come down to Earth
Where temps are hotter than ever!
Arizona?
HOT.
Wisconsin?
HOT!
Northern tips of Canada?
Oh you betcha!
Meteorologists predict
2020 will be HOTTER THAN EVER!
This won’t last long!
Get it while it’s hot!
4.27.20 – Free the Spaniards!
Spain,
The hardest hit European country,
Is set to be free!
Liberation
Comes in the form of open
Economy.
With their allies in Italy and France,
Spaniards
Will get the chance
To get haircuts and dance
In the streets once again.
4.24.20 – Drafting Up Dreams
Last night
A group of boys
Younger than me (oy vey)
Were granted a chance
At fulfilling their dreams—
They are just kids.
A Joe from Ohio,
A coupl’a Buckeyes,
A.T. from GA,
A Hawaiian and Herbert
Round out the top six.
A number of ball catchers,
Swatters, and snappers
Came off the board from teams
Making their picks.
There was much Love
To be found in the first round of the NFL Draft.
BUT NOT A SINGLE BADGER!
Makes me furious…
4.23.20 – A Holy Month Acrostic
Ramadan:
a time to fast from
meals
and pray,
dutifully reflect
and give. Things we should all do
now more than ever.
4.22.20 – Earth Day Haiku
Earth Day turns fifty.
Celebrate with cake and song.
Trash the confetti.
4.21.20 – Burdensome Black Gold
I’ll pay you
To take this load off my hands!
The cost of storing
Is more than demand!
So, please, PLEASE,
Jump on this bargain!
Oil is negative
And so are my margins!
4.20.20 – A Dark Day in the Land of Nice
I woke up today
Expecting great.
A holiday to many
And justice by Land O’Lakes.
But during pandemic,
When the whole world’s sick,
A sicker man
Sealed his fate
As a terrorist.
At a time when humans
Fear microscopic pests
They shouldn’t need to consider
Wearing bulletproof vests.
Give no glory to the gunman’s name.
Let him sink into the abyss of history.