Plagued by virus fears
Driven by scarce resources
Workers never stop
Construction cranes turn
Skyscrapers adding stories
Rising with the dawn
She sews masks and gowns
To aid nurses and doctors
Helpers in peril
Home meal delivery
For vulnerable elders
Contactless giving
Driving at midnight
Speeding down rainy highways
Longing to go home
Ambulance siren
Outshouted by house parties
Whistling past graveyards
No graveside meetings
Follow online funerals
Virtual candles
Arriving at last
Patient needs intubation
But waits for a room
No time to delay
As more rescue calls come in
E M Ts must go
Another shift ends
Some patients have been rescued
Some didn’t make it
Searching for a cure
Years ahead, needed in hours
Distant horizon
--Maria DePaul
Maria DePaul is a Washington, DC-based writer, whose poetry has been featured in many publications, most recently Haiku Journal, Illumen, Plum Tree Tavern, Scifaikuest, and Wax Poetry and Art.
Years ahead, needed in hours
Distant horizon
--Maria DePaul
Maria DePaul is a Washington, DC-based writer, whose poetry has been featured in many publications, most recently Haiku Journal, Illumen, Plum Tree Tavern, Scifaikuest, and Wax Poetry and Art.
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