The New American Dream

Everyone has been self-isolating for about four days now.

In an effort to combat the spread of the Coronavirus.

Tonight, the Governor announced

that the Army was being deployed

rumors are running wild that we'll be on lock down/quarantine

before the weekend is over.

California's 40 million residents have just been placed

under mandatory

lock down

quarantine

for the next month.

Other states are expected to follow

as the disease continues to spread

daily.

Italy has so many dead bodies

they've run out of room

for them.

Army trucks having to transport the dead to

the ovens.

Page after page

of obituaries in the Italian newspapers.

And experts say, The United States

is just two weeks behind Italy

and our numbers of

infections and deaths are progressing

at the same rate.

Not hard to see what comes next.

So I drink these beers

smoke a bit of reefer

hitting these keys

and listening to

the new playlist I just made,

'Songs to Quarantine To;.

The first song is 'Solitude' by Duke Ellington

and from now on, it will always remind me

of this time.

All I can do is type these words

get a good buzz going

stay the fuck away from people

and hope

for a somewhat happy ending 

to all of this.

The New American Dream;

don't die.