Tag: covid

Six hundred sixty thousand dead.

The numbers bog the mind.

The whole world reels in frenzy

from this threat to humankind.

Science gave an answer–

but some will not comply.

Masks and vaccine solve it–

but they would rather die.

Yesterday, two thousand died.

Overall:  six-thirty-five K.

The anti-vaxxers give a shrug

and look the other way.

One of the things about COVID Roulette

is that I don’t want to play.

The actions of those who are

willing to play impact me ev’ry day.

COVID Roulette is a dangerous game.

It’s not a game I want to play.

But, millions of un-vaccinated folk

think COVID Roulette is Okay.

Six hundred twenty-one thousand dead.

The numbers chill the mind.

We try for understanding.

What solace can we find?

The figurers climb and climb and climb

while doubters vacillate.

But COVID’s hand of death writes on.

COVID doesn’t wait.

There aren’t enough firemen.

There aren’t enough cops.

There aren’t enough field hands

to harvest the crops.

There aren’t enough teachers

for classrooms in schools.

There aren’t civil servants

to draft up new rules.

There are plenty of Robos –

(They never take rest) – and

enough politicians to feather their nest.

So:  Whatever Happened?

I’m Darned if I know.

There aren’t enough people.

Where did they go?