Sambil menyelam, minum air / While diving, drink water

Indonesian expression meaning “Accomplish two things at once.”

You are me and we are one

But I am nothing but my productivity.

Reply to days of idle with self-schedule intent:

Quarantine can only be effective.

Forget the pain of trauma,

Longing of what once was.

Face all friends on FaceTime, 

Call virtual chat that much better,

No commute time and no pants.

There’s something lingering here

Amidst the shame and guilt.

Between depression naps and

At-night attempt to sleep, hearing my eyelids blink.

Not so much PRODUCE PRODUCE PRODUCE

CONSUMER GOODS TO BE CONSUMED

But rather, what to do to sustain sane, 

Safe space of mind?

Day to day definitely changes, now adept at the 

Adapt to present moment and

Chase what offers respite.

Shakespeare wrote King Lear during the plague outbreak of 1606.

So where’s that book I’m writing?

Get off my back bro, I’m working on it.