The following is part of what the author calls his C.O.V.I.D. 14 series: Connolly Offers Vivid Image Dreams 14 lines<\/p>\n
homemade cotton masks worn for COVID 19
\nmuffled voices are heard in the supermarket
\nall the rage now some funny ones are seen
\ndrive to the store put one on when you park it<\/p>\n
businesses market masks on social media
\nsport team animals and birds appear daily
\nwith enough logos to fill an encyclopedia\u00a0
\nflowery prints parade across mouths gaily<\/p>\n
I\u2019m now wearing bandanas southwestern style
\nto go with cowboy hats: beaver, felt, and straw
\na bandido going down the grocery store aisle
\nbut no gunslinger, no guns quick on the draw<\/p>\n
masked bandits use them to rob a bank or store
\nI can\u2019t wait until we wear virus masks no more.<\/p>\n
The following is part of what the author calls his D.R.E.A.M.S (Dream: Reality Enigma Adenosine triphosphate Meaning) and T.O.A.S.T. series (Telling Old Age Sonnet Tales)<\/p>\n
\u201cRow row row your boat gently down the stream
\nMerrily merrily merrily merrily life is but a dream\u201d<\/p>\n
My Life is But a Dream<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019m much like an old horny toad I\u2019ve often thought I was a homely old fool I\u2019m happy alive and well and giving life a bit of hell Joey ‘Pepe Batbon’ Connolly (Special to the Saipan Tribune)<\/strong> The following is part of what the author calls his C.O.V.I.D. 14 series: Connolly Offers…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":322001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[26,23672,23673,13843],"class_list":["post-322755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-cnmi","tag-lvnv","tag-nola","tag-pepe-batbon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ncatching flies by the side of the road
\nfrom inside me I don\u2019t mind it
\nit\u2019s only me living behind it
\nif a car hits me I\u2019ll explode<\/p>\n
\nenjoying self learning and teaching school
\nI could always find ways to entertain myself
\nwith music dance and books off the shelf
\nand gladly wading into life\u2019s complex pool<\/p>\n
\nenjoying sights sounds tastes touch and smell
\nthere are challenges and compromise to be made
\non Tinian and Las Vegas I\u2019m dreaming in the shade
\nhow when and where I\u2019ll wind up only time will tell<\/p>\n
\nJoey aka Pepe Batbon is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is a sonnet practitioner who enjoys stargazing.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"