Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Return of COVID-19

RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: CORONAVIRUS SERIES



Return of COVID-19

Like a grade B movie from the fifties
A horror flick no one wanted
And no one flocked to see
Back by unpopular demand
And stubborn insistence
It’s COVID-19

Killer of the elderly
The frail and the infirm
With a penchant for darker skin
It strikes by day strikes by night
Travels by air and evades sight
It claimed 100 thousand lives
And still got no respect
So it returns in form
To claim 100 thousand more

No one can say
We did not have fair warning
It comes like a whisper
To lead us in mourning

We know what to do
But we’ve lost our patience
We’ve lost our will and common sense

So let the old folks go
Let the weak fall down
Let the young and strong
Seek solid ground

Contrary to wishful opinion
It did not disappear in warmer weather
It did not thrive on media attention
It survived without intention
Like a shadow in the dark
It worked its deadly spell
On frail and unsuspecting prey
One by one the weak ones fell
Gone from view it now returns
To ravage us in light of day
And we are left with little to do
But bow our heads and pray


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