Covid 19 is its name

slithering snakelike is its game

come from China, virus be

has changed the world eternally

some surfaces it stays for days

infected breath, the devil plays

the elderly, infirm it preys

so we shut down economy

inside houses, no more free

and outside, only essentials be

unless you have to shop, oh gee

and then we found our shelves empty

of soap and paper and TP

and then New York and New Jersey

numbers climbing, jumping so high

like Freedom Tower touches the sky

then slowly, shops they open more

somewhat starts feeling like before

but protesters, summer renters galore

Memorial week, they crowd the shores

and just like that, social distance

was all ignored, people in a trance

from growing bored inside their homes

and baring teeth to see justice done

now, stricter rules as spikes in cases

sadden our once happy faces

but you can’t see the sad no more

a mask hides that, In public and stores

but in Covid numbers there’s light

recovery worldwide is 99 percent, that’s right

and maybe someday, after November

we’ll see no more Covid monster.

– Sandra Johnson