A friend said  “all this Zoom, reminds me of my doom ! “

I added,  “rhymes with gloom and tomb “

And then I thought of happier rhymes

Maybe “neum”  a music note to bring us cheer

as we approach the ending of the year;

but then.  a-sudden,  broke in that plume

of life ,  the jet’d’eau !

the bursting energy,  living water

Zooming up from Leman’s depths

on high

calling us to hope,  in lake and sky

to read the signs of life’s continuing

joy and mystery.