day ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTY ONE

Love in a Time of Coronavirus

Before the inevitable
days of judgment,

reckoning
with Death,

the fear of mortality
is a stimulant
like no other-

a prime motivator
for love ,

for exuberant lust
in all those
heat stifled nights

free floating,
miles from shore,

a yellow cross
painted on
our bow;

no land ahoy
for us to step
out on

Love each other
while you can,

we think,

the universal
virus is
among us

--Alan Catlin