Tag: coronavirus
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Poem: A March Day in NYC, 2020
Inspired by Coronavirus sweeping into New York City and by the song, “I Can’t See New York from Tori Amos’ Scarlett’s Walk. Seeing what Scarlett sawopen eyes, open jaw,My core is fluttering fast in white covered turbulence.Winding, I wince and wince,free-falling through the big vast. Down from the cloudy side,fogginess citywide,I’m flushed in virulent air.…
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Poem: Covid-19, Like Christmas
Covid-19, Like Christmas Well, ain’t this somethingit’s Christmas Again,sort of, some three months laterseven days into Spring Look at the long lines at big boxes.Look at the gluttony.See the selflessness.See the selfishness. And what a sight for miles…near emptinesson the highway.Ain’t it beautiful! Hear folks saying, “Sweet Jesus!”Hear people praying, “Oh Father”Listen to the sociable…