Covid 19 is its name<\/p>\n
slithering snakelike is its game<\/p>\n
come from China, virus be<\/p>\n
has changed the world eternally<\/p>\n
some surfaces it stays for days<\/p>\n
infected breath, the devil plays<\/p>\n
the elderly, infirm it preys<\/p>\n
so we shut down economy<\/p>\n
inside houses, no more free<\/p>\n
and outside, only essentials be<\/p>\n
unless you have to shop, oh gee<\/p>\n
and then we found our shelves empty<\/p>\n
of soap and paper and TP<\/p>\n
and then New York and New Jersey<\/p>\n
numbers climbing, jumping so high<\/p>\n
like Freedom Tower touches the sky<\/p>\n
then slowly, shops they open more<\/p>\n
somewhat starts feeling like before<\/p>\n
but protesters, summer renters galore<\/p>\n
Memorial week, they crowd the shores<\/p>\n
and just like that, social distance<\/p>\n
was all ignored, people in a trance<\/p>\n
from growing bored inside their homes<\/p>\n
and baring teeth to see justice done<\/p>\n
now, stricter rules as spikes in cases<\/p>\n
sadden our once happy faces<\/p>\n
but you can\u2019t see the sad no more<\/p>\n
a mask hides that, In public and stores<\/p>\n
but in Covid numbers there\u2019s light<\/p>\n
recovery worldwide is 99 percent, that\u2019s right<\/p>\n
and maybe someday, after November<\/p>\n
we\u2019ll see no more Covid monster.<\/p>\n
– Sandra Johnson<\/p>\n
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