Tune: Beach Boys, In My Room
By Laurie Baron, Ph.D SAN DIEGO
There’s a site on my IPad
Where we can all converse.
On the Zoom, on the Zoom.
The sound breaks up, the image freezes.
But loneliness is worse.
On the Zoom, on the Zoom.
When our homes have become cages
We can gather all as friends.
On the Zoom, on the Zoom.
Talking heads inside of boxes
Everyone attends.
On the Zoom, on the Zoom.
When sheltering is finally over
Will we meet face to face
Without Zoom, without Zoom?
Where we can talk next to each other
And not in cyberspace
Like on Zoom, like on Zoom.
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Laurie Baron, Ph.D, is professor emeritus of European History at San Diego State University; a humor columnist (in his own name and in that of his dog Elona), and is an authority on Jewish-themed movies, particularly those dealing with the Holocaust. To see an archive of his stories, please click on his byline at the top of this page. He may be contacted via lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com