What to do

What do you do when
you can’t do anything
except sit around the house
’cause it’s dangerous out there?
I found a fallen magnolia blossom this morning
on the squirrels’ lunch table out back,
and brought it inside…
and it’s given the kitchen a lovely smell.
(My success of the day!)
I played a game of solitaire
on the dining room table;
(I lost).
I called my relative
who’s having a birthday today,
(She wasn’t home.)
I fed a pack of cats with
nowhere else to go;
(We meowed).
and I wrote some checks
to mail when I dare slip
them in the PO slot
(when I get the face mask I ordered).
Might as well read the book
the library just renewed, by phone.
(It was already overdue.)
Me too.
– Charlotte Crane