ON RECEIVING AN INVITATION TO A VIDEO CALL FROM AN OLD FLAME WHILE RECOVERING FROM COVID, BY IRVING VANDERBLOCK-WHEEDLE.

Please pardon me if I don’t Zoom  
With you from my recovery room.
     I miss your smiling face—
     Your sweet, beguiling face.
But you would think the less of me
If you could see what I can see.
     I’m just too hideous
     When I’m covideous.