Haiku Madness Part Deux

Scrooge ate all of it.
However, bread cost extra.
So, gruel at home.

So, gruel at home
with blueberries and sugar
I think tastes quite good

I think taste’s quite good,
smell is not my favorite.
Sight, I like the best.

Sight I like best?
A plateful of nachos and
A cold Corona

A cold, Corona-
virus 19, or the flu:
I don’t wish for you.

I don’t wish for you.
Good fortune to all human-
kind. But not for you.

Kind, but not for you
Helpful, but not to your kind
I just don’t like you

I just don’t like you
Having to put up with that.
You don’t deserve it.

You don’t deserve it.
You deserve good times, good food
And good news for once.

And good news for once
Fauci’s on Sesame Street
Dr. Gupta too

Dr. Gupta, too?
Where is Dr. Gupta one?
They’re cloning Guptas!

They’re cloning Guptas’
pet dog next week, so I heard.
Pups might vary, though.

Pups may vary, though
Kits remain uniformly the
Same in all places.

Same in all places:
People are basically
good. Until they aren’t.

Good, until they aren’t
Those goddamned avocados
Small freshness window

Small freshness window
Lets in some good air. Enough?
I’ll keep my mask on.

I’ll keep my mask on.
My secret identity
Is my own affair.

Is my own affair
Anybody’s business but
Mine? Oh, yeah. My wife’s.

Mine? Oh, yeah. My wife’s
not into that sort of thing.
She’d rather race cars.

She’d rather race cars
'cause she’s into palindromes
Wow, madam, wow