21 MARCH CAN YOU HEAR THE FEAR?

MIST RISING ON A WARMING MORNING    SO ARE WE INSEPARABLE   INDIVISIBLE FROM OTHERS  IN THEIR SICKNESS    OR HEALTH                  

LOOKING AT PHOTOS  OF CITY STREETS AWASH WITH EMPTINESS  SEEING PEOPLE WHO AREN’T THERE     POURING THROUGH THOROUGHFARES      

LUCKY HAVING THE PLACE TO OURSELVES   WE THINK TO OURSELVES  WITHOUT THINKING      

TIRED   HUNGRY AND THE SHELVES OBSCENELY BARE   THERE’S A CRITICAL CARE NURSE IN A CHRONIC STATE    

A POX UPON THOSE SHAMELESS SHOPPERS!  

IN A SELF-ISOLATED SUBURB   THE ICE CREAM VAN JINGLES ON     SINGING SONGS OF ROSES & POSIES   

ATISHOO! ATISHOO!   SHORT OF TOILET TISSUE       DO WE ALL FALL DOWN?

WISHING YOU WERE HERE INSTEAD OF ME!                   

 YOURS TRULY                                

 THE NEWS POET