Inspired by Margaret Wise Brown’s bedtime classic, Goodnight Moon.
In the messy living room
There was a smartphone
Streaming friends over Zoom
And on the TV–
Another round of cartoons
And there were three squeeze pouches
On juice-stained couches
And two packs of chalk
Strewn on the sidewalk
And a box from Prime
And a glass of wine
And some plates and spilled cups and old snacks turned to mush
And a worn out mama who was hollering HUSH!
Goodnight room
Goodnight Zoom
Goodnight Disney Plus and all the cartoons
Goodnight homework we didn’t do
Goodnight FaceTime
Goodnight wine
Goodnight news reports
And goodnight blanket forts
Goodnight backyard
and goodnight flashcards
Goodnight Prime box
And goodnight Clorox
Goodnight bubbles
And goodnight wands
Goodnight Netflix
Goodnight front lawns
And goodnight to the mama just holding on
Goodnight toilet paper
Goodnight long day
Goodnight everyone from six feet away
