Words & Music

by Mike Power

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  • Day 13

    Day 13 – Total confirmed cases in US: 104,865 Like Jay-Z, I woke up at 4:44 the other night to ghosts that didn’t have the decency to die. You might think that’s the only thing me and Jay-Z have in common, but it’s not. We’re both American men, born in the 1960s, who write songs… Read more

  • Day 12

    Day 12 – Total confirmed cases in US: 86,012 These are dark days in more ways than one. For the first time, the US has more cases than any country in the world and that number at the top of the page includes people I know. Also, a quick look at the 2-week forecast shows… Read more

  • Day 11

    Day 11 – Total confirmed cases in US: 69,197 Maybe you’ve heard the quote from Hiram Johnson, “The first casualty of war is truth,” but most people leave out the next line: “And the first casualty of a pandemic is tequila.” As of the last inventory, we have 11 beers, 4 bottles of wine (2… Read more

  • Day 10

    Day 10 – Total confirmed cases in the US: 55,225 Fiction, if not the last refuge of a scoundrel, is a list a brief refuge from the number at the top of the page that won’t stop climbing. Today’s distraction is flash fiction and a drawing: The breeze blew sweet in Turner Valley. Slow and… Read more

  • Day 9

    Day 9 – Total confirmed cases in US: 46,485 Starting today, I am going to try to post some original work each day until we can shake hands in the sun and drink a toast in a crowded bar again. This is the last poem I wrote, inspired by an outing back in the pre-virus… Read more

  • Day 8

    Day 8 – Total confirmed cases in US: 35,241 Stop thinking about it Stop thinking about it Stop thinking about it Stop thinking about it Dwelling is driving me crazy Obsessing don’t you know where that’s at Yeah, you don’t know what you want but you want it Stop thinking about it Stop thinking about… Read more