The Outgrown

Lockdown lasted so long
my children grew eleven shoe sizes
I had multiple self-inflicted haircuts
and finally went bald
My son graduated a high school
he never attended in person
My wife got a new job
and eventually retired remotely
A carriage clock delivered in the mail
Technology came and went
then came back again, rebadged
Our friends began to die
not from the illness
but natural causes

           Their funerals are yet to be arranged