The world is changing fast
Farmers are trying to manage the virus
This is the beginning
Of the space shuttle caste
Isolate emotions
Like separated Sirius
Space suits
After testing negative
Soccer field triage tents
After testing positive
Landmines aren't the problem
Suicide bombers can't pay the rent
Covid 19 climbed on board
Raising earth's urgent concerns
On this inner journey
As this virus outwardly expands
Billions and trillions of dollars
Government dedicating money
Bolstering a fatally wounded economy
This is the old story
Of the poor little match girl
Destitute and in the frigid street
Some people in Russia
Are wearing masks now
Like they do
In China
And all around
The world
Bring out your dead
Is fast becoming
A common theme
If we didn't need to breathe
This wouldn't be a problem
But our atmosphere
It gives the world
A reason to live
It's hard to imagine
Life under water
Or out in space
It's hard
To stay inside
All of the time
Segregated
In our cells
More than
Half a million
Victims now
Exponential infection
Now
Somebody
Has to poke the tiger
With the stick
But storm clouds
Are gathering
Not respecting
Social distancing
A building wave
Full of droplets
Full of prospects
Full of mutating virus
Regretfully
Our atmosphere
Amputated
In retrospect
Allowed planes to fly
Romance
In the time of pandemic