Fragile Crown

Have you—the uncounted colorless—truly crowned on us? You seem to grin triumphantly from your fake castle. But wait! We won’t count on your temporary winning. Life has trained us to befriend enemies: Cancer, Chicken Fox, Small Fox, Chikungunya, Ebola, Influenza, Malaria, Rubella, Roseola, SARS, HIV, You name it…and Corona is of no difference! Playing with fright, you’re so contagious, but have forgotten that fears are so contingent, and reliantly expedient, when tamed with patience and intelligence to befriend you with diligence: And you, the new paralyzed friend, are never now making us threatened. So, stop there, and let’s just be friends. (Andreas Akun, 19 August 2020)