Tonight's Poet Corner: Sonnet Solstice #488

These Past Two Weeks
by Belinda Roddie

These past two weeks have been a dumpster fire
of epic proportions - from Trumpsters fiends
storming the Capitol to certain ire
from Congressmen (too late, we shall repeat),
to friends and family trying to cope
with troubling times - can we just have a break?
2020 was the end of our rope,
but we've been given string already frayed
to hold ourselves up. I propose a toast
to those who have not survived this deluge,
as well as to those who have lived to boast
of dreams for better days. We shall conclude
our remote feast tonight on red alert,
preparing for the worst over dessert.