April fools' occurs first day of fourth month

Ordinarily all manner

of tomfoolery doth abound,

celebrated for countless centuries

by different cultures,
though exact origins remain
shrouded in mystery,
nevertheless quasi holiday of sorts
begat courtesy primitive precursor
to Central Intelligence Agency
nsync with Federal

Bureau of Investigations
equivalent to Fred Flintstones

 

as spymasters forebears,

whose true identity

dubbed secret double agent

linkedin to Bedrock background

check, where court jester donned

as most important person and crowned

accordingly prevaricating

without suffering any retribution,

saying the unpopular king drowned.

 

The following poem

written/updated since last year

unlike any other
when out of this world

outlandish accouterments

people did wear
hermetically sealed

of even faintest tear

to avoid contamination

 

against coronavirus
air supply difficult to spare,

when wing and prayer

soul saving amazing grace

analogous to can opener

regarding necessary kitchenware,

which empty canned food tins

helps putting out

little fires everywhere.

 

Pandemic straps tightly

plied girded beltway

unlike any other All fools day

in annals of recorded ("fake") history

western civilization tapestry doth fray

April first two thousand and twenty three

neigh, no time for horseplay

what with coronavirus (COVID-19)

boarded ship of jilted fools
(think Homo sapiens)

 

barred courtesy omnipotent jackstay

furloughed workers analogous

grumpy minions lay

dwarfed by unfortunate
uncontrollable pandemonium and melee
global events, née...

germinating, jackknifing,

and wreaking havoc

Mother Earth nonchalantly toying

(indiscriminately) regarding humanity

 

as bestrewing bajillion biohazards berserkly

bequeathing bedlam child's play

just desserts, she doth understandably repay

man/womankind flicked as flotsam and jetsam

vile treatment diabolically heaped,
jubilantly loosed, maniacally pitched
upon her terrestrial firma oy vey

she chokes, gags, laughs raspily yea

rebuffs, refuses, and renounces further abuse.

 

Nevertheless toothless gumption, albeit feeble

fighting spirit, her survival instincts assail

cumulative environmental destruction
triggered casus belli expelling deadly toxins,
when Gaia doth exhale

since onset of global interregnum
(think virulent spreading poisonous Kudzu
like wildfire biohazard)

since world wide webbed disease

brought grinding halt

consumerist paradigm in lockdown,

nonetheless within brief interim

 

noticeable clearer air to inhale

amazingly enough postal system...
intact voila... uninterrupted

delivery of (nope – sorry) no mail,

the daily highlight experienced
among people emotionally crippled

pasty faced and pale

finds quivering Captain Kangaroo

plus good n plenti proud primates
each dancing and quivering

like a captive (dan gulling) quail.