Ah, We Remember it Well!  

2024 we are back out on the town. 
Our favorite seats are the ones where we are lying down.
At Cinema 123 or the Royal Crown.
Row F or Row G.
Seats 3-4 or 5.

An aisle seat we’ll grab.
And here’s where we’ll meet.
On the corner of 3rd and 59th Street.
Have a bite before.
Or popcorn in our seats?
We have tickets for Town Hall.
A reservation for dinner has been made.
It was between Italian or Chinese.
5:45 quite a tight squeeze.
We want to be on time
As the show we hear is great.

Got the tickets last July, it was quite a long wait.
How bout a drink and dessert, after the show?
The theater is on a block with lots of places to go.

We’ll meet again next week.
We got tickets in advance.
This time we are going downtown to watch “Dance.”
This lingo on our tongues.
So ready to say once more.
We really missed the option of just walking out the door.

With so many things to do.
In places we adore.
In harbinger like fashion.
We’re headed towards Times Square.
The day of reckoning is precious and held so very dear.

Les Miserables No More🙏
Three years ago today.

I dreamed a dream in time goes by,
When life returns to more forgiving.
I dreamed no masks were in our sight.
Except on Halloween with candy giving.

When we were young and unafraid.
When hugging Grandpa posed no limits.
Our days galore of fun and games.
When looking both ways before we crossed, our aim.

But the virus came along.
The impact soft as thunder.
As our worlds soon fell apart.
And our days left without their wonder.
We lived our life while stuck inside.
Our hopes and prayers put on back burners.
-Still here as autumn came.-🎼

We slashed our plans to party on.
Weddings and Bar Mitzvahs-no where in sight.
No children at the Bema.
No hope for brides in white.
-All of this was gone.-

And now we hope our life will be.
With ”better off” not just a fable.
We will raise a glass or two.
Pulling chairs up to the table.
A little nova, an Everything bagel.

The days now growing longer.
Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow.
We’ll grab a moment to reflect.
The advent of shots not narrow.
We have come to see our way.
So much hope and much more promise.
We’ll buy a dress, a pair of shoes.
Make sure to grab our tallis.

As life is coming back.
Adding color to our palette.
In one more hour, one more day.
As life resumes –
We’ll Hope, we’ll Pray!

Our hearing is not what it used to be,
And all the jazz.
Our patience is on the borderline,
Add a pinch of that razzmatazz.

So we’ll watch where we are walking.
As falling is simply no good.
Our laugh lines are no longer laughing.
We need a dose of junk food.

And all that Jazz.

So you left the water running and the
door slightly ajar.
If we were reading of this new reality,
We’d be sure to hobble real far.
The early bird specials are appealing.
As soup or a salad comes with.
Are we really living this chapter?
Please tell me we’re just dreaming this.
Our morale is down in the basement,
Can’t find our get up and go.
The days are getting longer.
The Count down to reach for the sun.

Let’s brush off the cobwebs of winter.

Plant some seeds in the ground.
Mallomars are flying off the shelf.
As we’re turning this chapter around.
Wishes come two in a package.
We are thinking we’ll sign up for four.
Dog days will soon be behind us.
We’ll set the table for more.
Our new pair of sneakers are waiting.
We can get back on the treadmill of life.
We will grasp at our new found mojo.
Say goodbye to the anguish and strife.

Adios to this season of drama.

Let’s make it a thing of the past.
Say good-bye to nasty ole winter.
It just was a matter of time.
So pull your chair up to the table.
Looks like all will be just fine.

Double down for your chance at the win.
Springtime it is a coming.
A new dawning day will begin.

And all that jazz!

Naysayers need not apply.