Pandemic
“It’s not death we fear but that things
won’t be the same.” — Joan Colby
While
sheltering in place, we tell ourselves
this
is Mother Nature’s time out,
house
arrest for a population
oblivious
to what plastic,
chemicals,
overconsumption
do
to our bodies and planet earth.
Contagion
and death counts escalate.
Self-serving
politicians on both sides of the aisle
manipulate
the stock market,
crash
the economy to make a killing,
deny
medical supplies, earmark billions
for
a corporate slush fund.
Abandoned
on the battlefield,
we’ve
been told to trust optimistic misinformation,
Lord
of the Flies guidelines to saving ourselves.
Dark
memes provide gallows humor.
A
skeletal horseman gallops toward apocalypse,
unopened
packs of toilet paper under both bony arms.
--Jennifer Lagier
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