FLACCID COVID ODE
Threw a book
party but
no one came—
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MAKE NO MISTAKE
You didn’t wear a mask
to the Hasid funeral
during Mardi Gras!
You didn’t plan ahead
and bring enough
PPE to the BBQ
in the Lone-Star State
where abortions are
no longer available
except through
Drive-Thru
or curbside pickup.
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ODE TO DISTANCE LEARNING
Where else can I watch
porn and grade student papers
in my zippered mask?
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ODE TO SEXUAL DISTANCING
I like your sleep mask
better when you pull it down
to gag your mouth—
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TIMOTHY LIU’s latest book is LET IT RIDE (Saturnalia Books, 2019). A reader of occult esoterica, he lives in Manhattan and Woodstock, NY.
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