Friday, July 3, 2020

Timericks from stories by Katie Bindley, Nathan Draper, Rob Reed, Bruce Veldhuisen, Alex Janney, Mike Colias, and Sarah Toy.

Tim Torkildson, creator of the 'timerick' and official window dressing at the Swedish Institute.


The question of how to live life under shifting coronavirus precautions is straining relations among friends and relatives; ‘Boys, you’re too close to Grandma’
@katiebindley

Grandma's too close to the twins/they are almost touching skins/Uncle Jake just sneezed upon/couzin Suzie's pickled prawn/Why am I stuck with the task/of asking kin to wear a mask?/I'd rather eat dry raisin bran/than get together with my clan!



During Covid-19 Pandemic, the Used-Car Lot Is Hot.
@MikeColias

Buying a used car remains/one of life's miserable pains/The fuel line is slow/How long will it go?/The front seat still shows some blood stains!

Ellie Kesselman, from the Wall Street Journal, emailed me back her response to the above poem, thusly:  Unlike a used car, he isn't even good as a temporary solution. There's still some utility to be wrung out of even a $1000 used car. Biden's public appearances so far are totally dysfunctional. I'm off topic though...
And Mr. Al Pittman, from the same source, had this to say:  The used cars trend maybe an indicator why the Biden's missteps are seemly looked over.  Like the used car, once possibly a functional model, Biden is a temporary solution with little residue value between the old past and some future candidate.   Wonder if this marketing trend will expanded to China products and the new green deal temporarily for the election cycle.


What Makes Bars and Restaurants Potential Covid-19 Hot Spots?
@danielas_bot    @sarahtoy17

At a cafe people belch/in the bar the towels all squelch/
Microbes love a crisp french fry/or a liquor deadened fly/
Sanitary lapses bloom/at lunch counter or barroom/
What is wrong, I'm asking you/with tasty at-home 
barbecue?/
At home I never tip a soul/and Doritos fill my bowl.





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