Simple Joys of Maidenhood, Pictures of the Border Signs, Abundance

A parody of 'I Know It's Today' from Shrek the Musical Lyrics by Sydney Weiser sydneyweiser.com There’s a student, in a bedroom. Oh my gosh, that’s just like me! College student needs her classes. But COVID won’t set her free. She passes time by singing, like someone else I know. As months go by she sits and waits. As months go by? Uh oh. A torturous existence? I don’t remember this part. She wishes she were dead? Skip ahead skip ahead. But in the end the student takes her class pass/fail The virus clears, and we can all go and breathe fresh air. So I’ll know, we’ll appear. Cause there are rules and there are strictures. I believe the history books I read, late in the night. Spanish flu and the plague both devastated and passed. It feels like long now, wait patiently. Day number 23. I know it’s today. I know it’s today. There’s a student, in a coma. Watching Netflix-- watching Glee. Theatre major, in isolation. How does Zoom work, wait and see. Blah blah blah blah Toilet paper Boring boring Evil Trump Filler filler Sanitizer Here comes economic slump Skip ahead skip ahead But in the end the student wakes up from her nap She gets back on the stage when there’s an audience to clap! So I know, they’ll appear. And the stage lights will be blinding. As shining as the sun when we go back outside. Smell a rose, chill with friends-- and we’ll stand close together. Not six feet apart but side by side. Day number 69. I know it’s today. I know it’s today! There’s a student. Any student! Take your pick, they're all like me. Not exactly. I’m a junior. Seniors have it more crappy. A vaccine better get here. I want a cure in seconds flat. Nobody likes quarantine. Look I drew carrot. Cut the masks and sanitizer. Cut this pandemic! Cut the peril and the pitfall. Cut Trump’s stupid rhetoric! Cut remote learning! Cut isolation! Cut the boredom! Cut cancellations! And the waiting, the waiting, the waiting, the waiting, the waiting! So I know, we’ll appear. Though I seem a bit desolate. And I cry and read a lot of memes. It’s how I cope. I’ll be fine. I’ll be swell when all of this is over. It feels like long now, wait patiently. Day number. Are you there God? Please cure Corona. Please cure corona. So I know, we’ll appear. Cause there are rules and there are strictures. I believe the history books I read, late in the night. Spanish flu and the plague both devastated and passed. It feels like long now, wait patiently. Day number 23. Day number 69. Day number 73. I know it’s today oooh I know it’s today oohh I know it’s today oooh I know it’s today!