Cold in a pandemic!

OH! What a bad cold it has been,

A like it of which I had never seen!

Came with a mild fever as well,

Raising fears of COVID that shot through my headl!

It struck me once in April mid,

In self-isolation, I just hid!

It appeared again on the 5th of May,

What just happened? I couldn't say!

The doctor's office wouldn't recommend a test,

Conducted only at public health's behest!

Watch your symptoms I was told,

For difficulties in breathing take hold!

Keep treating the symptoms as much as you can,

Take adequate rest - A key to get back!!

But how did I ever catch it again?

A question to which the answer became -

"There's a first time to everything. 

That was April. It's now May!"

OH, it will be a good

Spring shortly,

I also have a pollen allergy!

Hoping that this will be the last,

I already had enough -

Spare me a thought!

"Well...whatever" goes my mind,

I wrote this down during a pandemic time!

Tree in the park

Seeing a tree from far away,
Does it have buds? Its hard to say!
But I just think I figured a link,
To "Automaton Theory", is what I think!

Seasons are but a finite four,
Spring, Summer, Fall and Cold.
Deterministic they have to be,
Whatever the path is deemed to be!

The cold Cold season just went by,
With freezing winds; snow and ice.
So its time for Spring to come,
In varied states of hue and sound!

Saturday walk in the park

Saturday walk in the park
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Not rain. Not snow.
Just flurries?
I don't know!
"Weird weather", as someone told,
Has just begun to take its hold!

Off to the park, I did go,
The water level wasn't anymore low!
Huge puddles I spot, on the side of the trails,
The mallards were happy, treating them same as a lake!

It was almost dark, I decided to quit,
Walking to a road, whose name I did miss!
Lit up it was, with a festive look,
But it was time to be home,
There is dinner to be cooked! :D

Spring Visitors

Spring visitor at Victoria park!
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Not the mallard. Not the geese,
Find my name, if you please!
An yellow bill is what i got,
A dark black band encircling the spot!

I didn't come for food, I already ate,
My search is for a dance floor, on the frozen lake!
I danced and moved, as much as I wished,
And when 'twas time to relax, i just stood still.

Is it spring?

It is spring, yet its cold,
With icy wind taking hold!

The buds on trees? I hear them say,
"We need to sprout, please go away!
Your monochrome theme, had its stay!"

The hues of spring flowers, can never be matched,
With loads of food for the bees and wasps!

The Sun looked down and gently just said,
"I am staying up longer to do my very best!"

"Well...whatever", I said to myself,
Victoria park is present to help!
Rain or shine, wind or ice,
Well maintained trails are hard to come by!

Just like that

Just like that
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It isn't quite spring as what you thought,
When super white powder comes back with its mark!
"Flurries", they said, is all will it be,
Carried in wind that will add to the freeze!

My nose felt the freeze, yet I walked very slow,
Weber to Water from Queens did I go!
It being weekend, the buses come by,
On a schedule that's special and hard to get by!

To home I did make it and settle down in peace,
In the warmth of my hall, looking outside with ease!
The wind just picked up a pace i would say,
That is best viewed from inside,
with a real wide gaze!

Rumbling and Rambling

Attending a retirement party!!
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The sky was drunk with water from the lakes,
Making me wonder what form will it take!
Flaky white powder, too light for a feel?
Or droplets of water requiring a shield?

Then came the wind with powers unseen,
Curing its hangover and leaving it clean!
Cold it was but I walked in my path,
Hopping restaurants for the dinner at last!

"Salad" I order and a colleague just says,
"E.coli threat!" and got me astray!
The waiter responds with a wink in her eye,
"Our lettuce is procured by the most keen eyes!"
And then I breathed a sigh of relief,
But wanted to write the experience to keep!

So, if I feel sick or not just around,
Taking my time to respond to sounds,
Feel free to think that it's the E.coli,
That caught me there in a wink of an eye!