for the time being,
we are fine, they say.
time to drink tequila
and sleep through the day.
to plague masks, empty streets,
barren shelves.
the government says
fend for yourselves.
there’s plenty of time
for numbers to drop.
we are fine, they say,
it soon will stop.
we now have time
to watch states burn,
and fight for rights
that needn’t be earned.
doctors and nurses
watch life dwindle.
hope and pleasant dreams
are never rekindled.
so we all check-in
on each other,
from a distance
despite urges to smother
because we are fine
they say,
for the time being.
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