A Brief Pause in the Inaction

Haven't we all been playing with ourselves

a little too much since we've been cooped

duped and quarantined?

Haven't we become a little self-indulgent

in an effort to combat,

boredom, isolation, alienation and rage.

Hey, we've got plenty of time to kill.

Whatever gets you through the night, am I right?

My time of temptation

comes around 3 in the afternoon.

I can't stand watching anymore teevee.

I'm gonna take a few minutes, 

just a few before I turn on

my kindle and read myself to sleep. 

That's when it happens.

I ignite my Amazon Fire and start playing solitaire.

As oƒ today, I've played 4,000 games of Solitaire. 

Probably 5 minutes a game.

Sometimes six or seven

That comes out to 20, 000 minutes

362 hours,

15 entire days

or if you want to call it like a work day

45 shifts

45 shifts of soliataire

at the  very least

And I'm not talking about shuffling

Nor am I talking about dealing

All of that is done remotely

I just play the game

Just me playing all alone

no calls on the phone

Imagine what I might have done

With those 15 days

Better yet imagine what someone else

might have done with those fifteen days.

Rome wasn't built in a day

I've won 411 times

A little better than one outta ten

I haven't lost any money

I haven't won a dime

Chewing up the time

After each game

I hit "start a new game"

And another five minutes

(maybe six, seven or eight)

Prepares to test thebait.

I'm gonna cut down on this.

It's not good for me

Although it does keep me away 

from the chips and the booze

the lies and the news

and the smack and the porn 

for five minutes at a time

while I play with myself.