Friday, June 19, 2020

The Band Plays On

RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR:  CORONAVIRUS SERIES



The Band Plays On

The death toll rises
As the band plays on
Fire fills the western sky
And the band plays on
Old folks keep on dying
While the band plays on
Loved ones are crying
As the band plays on

Our hospitals are overrun
Our cities smell of rot
A shadow lurks o’er the sun
Our happiness is not

We live in sorrow day and night
The horror has no end
We hide our eyes from dreadful sights
As death becomes our friend

Blindness is appalling
When it is willful ignorance
When it harms the ones we love
And offends intelligence

The death toll keeps rising
Our faith is almost gone
Our sympathy is fading
While the band plays on


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