The grinch who stole 2O2O
I have a story to tell you, it may seem a bit funny
It’s about the Grinch who stole 2020
How can it be possible for one to steal a year?
I’ll tell you my friend, it’s something to fear
It started as sheltering just a week or two
We’ll flatten the curve — that’s what we’ll do!
Then we had to stay home for just a little bit longer for we had to make sure the hospitals were stronger
People were dying, we could get our parents very sick
If we just shuttered our businesses and schools, it would be over real quick
The Grinch didn’t stop there, he had more work to do
We got our groceries delivered, and people stopped seeing each other, too
Instead of carefree summer days at the beach or public pool, we donned masks and kept our distance — we were nobody’s fool
We waited and waited for back-to-school news
We had heard that parents had the right to choose
Instead, we wave to each other distantly each day on Zoom
We can’t visit our classrooms, there simply is no room
The Grinch grinned with glee as he mandated a six-foot distance
He delighted in the fact that he could change the rules in an instant
He was hard to pin down, was he a slick politician?
He was ruining our lives, but no one would listen
We have a few weeks yet before our year comes to a close We’ll have to wait for a vaccine, and hope for the best — I suppose
– POEM BY KRYSTEN GODFREY MADDOCKS
