Knee High
By: Charles Giuliano - Jul 04, 2020
Knee High
Fourth of July
Hot dogs and fireworks
Backyard barbecue
Launch of summer
High season in the Berkshires
Packed Shed at Tanglewood
Theatre and dance
Museums and galleries
Corn knee high
Or your pot plants
Sat the other day
In a scholar’s garden
Under the persimmon tree
Newly planted
Thoughts of fruit
Some time from now
Not this year
Unlike any other
America has been cancelled
Not going anywhere
Modest celebration
A special breakfast
Planning fun meals
Tacos and sushi
Popcorn on the couch
Scenic Sunday drives
Projects during days
Planning staycations
Where not to go
No summer in Tuscany
Home for the holidays
Taking new meaning
Christmas cancelled
Manger under quarantine
Up yours Columbus
Raped the New World
Racist Thanksgiving
Plymouth rocked
Macabre turkey trot
Writing another book
Artists in their studios
Mayhem in the land
The monuments men
Taking a different twist
Generals on horses
Tyrants of treason
Disgraced and defaced
Let freedom ring
Taking another look
At racism and genocide
Not much to celebrate
Deeply saddened
Looking inward
All of us together
Time for atonement
Perhaps yet again
With new meaning
Holidays will matter
When we rid ourselves
Of the mad hatter
Towering inferno
In broad daylight
Murder on Fifth Avenue
Rabble rouser
Harbingers of hate
Making America great
Curse God and die
Plague on both your houses