This was wonderful. He’d been practicing social-distancing for years. Now that everyone else was onboard, he could finally go outside and not be bothered.
The fresh air had never seemed as sweet.
When
When will we re-open?
When will we sit and eat?
At cafes and restaurants,
the way it used to be?
When will normalcy return?
How will that scene seem?
Will we know what to do?
Or will it seem like a dream?
When will this pandemic end?
What will we do then?
Will we have parades and concerts?
Or just start to work again?
Saturday’s Theme Music
The Talking Heads crashed my music stream with their 1986 song, “Wild Wild Life”.
Sounds right for now, cause it’s a wild, wild life, being locked up, entertaining ourselves via digital connections, wondering when we’ll be able to comfortably socialize with others as we used to do, driving our pets and family members by our constant presence.
Yeah, it’s so boring, it’s a wild, wild life.
Wednesday’s Theme Music
Just a simple song from my youth, sparked by random thoughts, “Gee, a road trip would be nice today. Maybe head to the coast, smell the air, listen and watch the waves, experience life as it was, when that was all taken for granted.”
Like a proper theme song, Led Zeppelin’s “Ramble On” (1969) began.
For now I smell the rain, and with it pain, and it’s headed my way
Ah, sometimes I grow so tired
But I know I’ve got one thing I got to do
Ramble on, and now’s the time, the time is now
To sing my song, I’m going ’round the world, I gotta find my girl
On my way, I’ve been this way ten years to the day
Ramble on, gotta find the queen of all my dreams
h/t to Genius.com
Think I’ll ramble on into the kitchen for a cuppa coffee.
Michael Seidel, writer 