The new normal wants so badly
to be the old normal
tries so hard to be carefree.

Maskless is the new breezy.
Everybody wants to be the new
Marlo Thomas smilingly skipping
across a busy New York street
tossing her hat into the air
not ever getting plowed down
by a yellow cab.

Poor new normal…

that just isn’t gonna work anymore.
That was the old normal
so pretty
so sanitary.

This new one needs some time to marinate needs some shots
probably lots of shots.

This new normal just might be
still and hot and hard
like Cardi B in the desert with a gun.