Covid-19 Poem - Hoarding

HOARDING

In times of plenty

he buys without compunction

as if we were Mormons

overflowing pantry shelves

that would make one

suspect he was

born in dearth

rather than with a

silver spoon 

Amidst Covid fears

I stretch the life of 

the simplest commodity

apportioning 

rationing

as if our lives

were dependent on

two squares of toilet paper

rather than three

Now when it’s more

prudent to save than to abandon

to hoard than discard

when less is more

and more is better

as with bottle openers 

and lovers

when two are better

than one