Words & Music

by Mike Power

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  • Day 16

    Day 16 – Total confirmed cases in US: 164,719 I know I’m not the only one who finds it hard to read a book these days. It’s hard to concentrate on literature, even though the distraction of getting lost in an imaginary world sounds incredibly sweet right now. Someone I know suggested reading poetry as… Read more

  • Day 15

    Day 15 – Total confirmed cases in US: 143,055 Heading into the third week of sequestered existence in NYC and the situation gets worse every day. I’m lucky. I don’t have to see the devastation the way nurses, doctors, and EMTs do. I’m safe. I haven’t left my building in 2 weeks, so the chances… Read more

  • Day 14

    Day 14 – Total confirmed cases in the US: 124,686 The street that I live on ends in a T. When you reach the end, you can turn left or right but you cannot continue in the direction you were traveling. It is a fact of life that the paths we take end, often without… Read more

  • 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