Welcome (A Covid Poem)
January 12, 2023•

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All this talk of the
Asymptomatic
The unsympathetic
Is almost as comical
As it is alarming
Getting a taste
Of what it’s been like
In Our World
Experience life
Outside of the fishbowl
Welcome to Uncertain Times
They’ve always been here
You just never had to notice
Never had to care
Momma always said
“gonna get worse ‘fore it gets better.”
With that kinda outlook,
No wonder things got so bad.
But things were never so bad
I couldn’t survive them.
What she was preparing me for: survival
Of the worst
The world
Could offer.
You’re just getting your first taste
The scales fall from your eyes.
But you do not yet see.

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