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A Global Cconsciousness

Copyright R. N. Taber April 2^nd 2020

World falling apart,
or so it feels as we look around
at all but deserted streets;
no folks chatting on corners
or children playing;
shuttered shops, bars, restaurants;
Coronavirus spreading,
World running a gamut of hope and fear
as if at war

Frontline foot soldiers
doing battle with an invisible enemy,
improperly kitted out,
going way beyond the call of duty;
doctors and nurses
used to looking mortality in the eye
putting their own lives
on the line for want of effective protection
against infection

Nature and humanity
caught unawares, having to improvise
in kitchens and farms,
companies, big and small, taking a fall
yet none so despairing
as on the Home Front, family and friends
grieving, tearful,
while drawing (still) on nature’s inspirational
arts of survival

Societies shutting down, any sense of crashing
tempered only by a gift for positive thinking

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