4966 - If music be the food of rejection...

Felt a bit better after bleary start
Finished by five, hopeful of an easy
Video tonight, no words to make it hard
Few subtitles to type, so there was me
Eating, thinking all optimistically
Just play some loneliness tunes, was the plan
Anticipate jazz methodology
Just do it, no boring rehearsal, plain
I didn't need it, confident my brain
And fingers would play the medley, and what
A surprise to viewers those skills would be!
Chose clothes, lamplight, ornate backdrop, yes, and
Not til 8:30 had I built my set
But can't post it, because I played badly

4965 - Walls have ears

Woke up early, but had gone to bed late
Knocking back booze watching Amy Winehouse
And Michael Jackson documentaries. State
I was in, I did well, worked extra hours
Worked until six, with calls that time devours
Or is it the calls that devour the time?
Missed exercises out, ate, while ideas
About tonight's video were in my mind
I sat in the hall between doors, trying
To find a way to sound-proof, insulate
My embarrassing sketches from neighbours'
Ears, speaking too quietly. Almost a crime
I feel I must whisper, harming my art
And reducing the YouTube view numbers

Mon 30 March

4964 - Video ketchup

It seems as though the subtitling has not
Been a waste of time, I can see them on
YouTube at least. although there was a spot
Of bother, not visible on my phone
Last night I thought I'd worked hard but I'd blown
It, wasted my time, got depressed and stopped
Drinking, ate cos I was hungry, then gone
To bed, although a part of me still hoped
It had worked, and it had. Now I have popped
Subtitles on five songs, now they might get
More views on YouTube, that is what I want
I'm encouraged now, learn to edit, crop
Reveal, merge, combine, do the simple shit
Others are all doing, and long have been

4963 - Grey day

What a day, what an evening, ended bad
I exercised for the sixth time this week
I recorded a video in my bed-
Room, despite neighbour noises. Don't be meek
I thought. Screw them, don't be afraid, snowflake!
It was Gay Bar, become Grey Bar. Not great
Singing, must up my game, vocals were weak
I must improve, or it is all a waste
Of time. Ideas are strong, but I must face
The vocal challenge, or the vids look sad
I haven't uploaded it though. Tried to seek
Out help for adding subtitles. And twice
I painstakingly did them. But I could
Not see them on my phone. IT's a freak!

4962 - Your good health!

Today Boris Johnson caught the virus
And also Matt Hancock, Health Minister
Plus Chief Medical Adviser in this
Outbreak, Chris Whitty. What a strange affair
The three who appeared in the media
More than any others to give advice
On keeping apart, going home, staying there
Now those three have themselves caught the disease
Though their symptoms are mild. Then followed this -
Louis rang to say he'd caught the virus
Though his symptoms are milder than younger
Half-sister Josephine's were, but what's nice
Is she's fully recovered, and is
Studying again. Lou, get well like her!

4961 - In suspense

A lovely sunny day. people lying
On the grass, some doing exercises
Some phone calls meant I failed in finishing
The main work to be done, but no crisis
While tax inspections are halted through this
Coronavirus epidemic all
Around, suspending most activities
My lot is easy, some have terrible
Lives right now, no wages, having to kill
Time at home with no work, or arguing
Spouses and kids, and domestic abuse
Health workers made to work until they're ill
At eight there was supposed to be clapping
For carers. I heard none from these houses

Thur 26 March

4960 - A day in the laugh

I need an early night, with no drinking
It's no fun when you're tired, really, is it?
But before it's too late in the evening
Each of the last few nights I've done a skit
Or song of some kind for the internet
Seven in a row since starting this scheme
Of daily comedy videos and yet
I'm not worried I'll run out of a theme
I could just waffle, won't run out of steam
Now that I've started, there'll be no stopping
This sonnet diary, that was just the start
Since September '06, how long I've been
Writing it. Now I can add one more thing
That's daily - a video comedy hit!