A COVID-Era Visit

From St. Nick...

By MIKE FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

(with apologies to Clement Clarke Moore)

‘Twas the dark night of COVID, and all through the county

Not a traveler was budging, not one little amounty;

The masks were hung by the front door with care, 

In hopes that the vaccine soon would be there;

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,

While visions of Zoom school danced in their heads;

The schools had all shuttered, the colleges too,

Leaving Main Street bartenders with little to do;