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Your Contemporary Guide to Intimate Greetings

"These pandemic timesdemand social distance:stay way clear of others,avoid every close instance. No shaking of hands,lay off kissing-plus-hug,nix all bodily contactto evade virus bug. A new-fangled exceptionfor an intimate hello,is to sincerely, if awkwardly,bump your…

“These pandemic times
demand social distance:
stay way clear of others,
avoid every close instance.

No shaking of hands,
lay off kissing-plus-hug,
nix all bodily contact
to evade virus bug.

A new-fangled exception
for an intimate hello,
is to sincerely, if awkwardly,
bump your dear friend’s elbow.

I know it’s a deterrent
to getting the virus so feared,
yet to me elbow-bumping
seems totally weird.

The greeting I’ll use,
my flu-freeness to save,
is to smile, say “hello,”
and just hygienically wave!”

– A Bainbridge Neighbor