NOT ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT POETRY!

I can't help it -- I'm an incurable (and quite mediocre) doggerel writer!   The writers below were burdened by various physical ailments, handicaps, etc. Confined to my house both by the COVID-19 debacle as well as by my broken back, I attempt to emulate them to the extent my limited talents allow. 

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If I were Thomas Mann, I’d write The Magic Mountain,
If I were Louisa May Alcott, I’d write Little Women, count ‘em!
If I were Dostoyevsky, my brain spells wouldn’t tire me!
And If I were John Milton, my blindness would inspire me!
So let’s not sit complaining when stymied by a virus,
We should instead produce great works so offspring would admire us!

Joan Levin, 2020