the poor starve
abandoned houses slump
shops & restaurants shutter
people kill each other & themselves
cities no longer bank on madding crowds
instead of schools open everything shuts down
the second shutdown
news would tell the bad were one to tune in, log on
news would tell the bad were one to tune in, log on
better the bad news of some earlier day
social code fails, positions lost
many die — mostly the ill, the old, also the healthy, the young
the slightest sore throat panics
neighbor next door keeps saying
I only do what I’m told
does she not hear the echo?
no one anticipates a world where all we need do
is stay away from each other
anyone who comes too close is backed away from
the secret universe of everyone
is known to all
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