aka see void

I hang up after hearing him say
 the wife has just called me to dinner
 but Ill give you a call tomorrow
 which means tomorrow of next month

 I try keeping six feet between me and the neighbor
 but the wind is blowing
 and what should we do
 he says he sneezed the other day
 and now the doctor wants to do a complete brain scan
 but the neighbor doesn't see the point
 he says they'll just see a great void
 where his brain should be

 the other neighbor has put out all his non essential goods by the curb
 even food
 he says food for him has become non essential
 because his stomach
 just like his life
 has become one great void
 he had his stomach tied last year

 the mailman hands me the mail
 after he says what virus I'm not worried
 and after I sanitize my hands and contemplate
 the superfluousness of mail and man
 I open the credit card bill to see
 they've enclosed a signed blank check
 so I can pay this months rent
 I tear up at the on coming doom
 by writing void across the check
 but this wont lift my today's mood
 I still have to pay the rent tomorrow

 we are on lock down here
 don't even think about being seen within six feet of someone
 I take a chance and go out
 then see the red lights in the distance
 the exempt cops wave me by
 there's nothing to see here
 they see only the void in my passenger seat