Dear World, I miss you

Dear world, I miss you

I miss your traffic, your noise, your chaos

I even miss your terrible hamburgers, greasy fries, and cheap diners when money or time was too tight to eat proper

I do so yearn to see un-masked smiles, hear laughter in the cereal aisle, pet some stranger’s dog in the park

It was great, what we had, that cacophonic nonsense, that packed-theatre-on-a-bargain-night after the laundry, that dread-gray Monday sweetened with a good coffee

Will it ever be the same again? I hope so

Yeah, you’re as crazy as a rubber fruitcake at a woodpecker rally, and you drive us all that way on occasion…

I’m sorry that I sometimes hated you so, your churning masses, your angry drivers, your pollution. Honestly, I’ll strive to be ever more tolerant and forgiving

Yeah, I know, we both needed a time out, and for me, it’ll have to be maybe a few months longer, I’m just not willing to risk a date with that demon virus of yours, you know?

I’m hoping that some smart scientists will put that bug straight away where it can no longer harm us, sooner rather than later

I hate to be so maudlin, but your roaring stadiums and your fireworks echo in my memory sometimes and knock me about, and I just missed you tonight…

Do crash my way again soon