Americans Do Not Take Direction Well

My daughter is a public health specialist
She says the CV19 would be gone in three weeks
if Americans would sequester themselves
But we will not because we are arrogant 

And we do not want anyone telling us what to do
She has begged me to sequester myself in the house
Maybe even a closet with no air holes or windows
Because my immune system is compromised

If anyone ever got a virus while sequestered
For a thousand days, not seeing anyone else at all
It would be me. If there is one thing I am positive about
it is that. First bit of positivity I have felt in ten days.

Hey! Is that the door! I rush to open it.
I have not seen a person in ten days.
No one except my husband who refuses to be sequestered.
It is a wagon full of toilet paper and the last hand sanitizer 
on this side of the Mississippi.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020



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Date: 3/22/2020 4:03:00 PM
Yes, it could all be conquered if we would just listen! Be healthy!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 3/22/2020 9:33:00 PM
My daughter is a public health specialist. She has been busy telling us all what to do from afar. Everything she is concerned about the most is that Americans will not comply to the 6 feet away from each other rule.
Date: 3/22/2020 3:36:00 AM
It's hard...for the good of all we must overcome this virus...
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 3/22/2020 7:39:00 AM
If I was a scientist I would be working on a cure twenty-four hours a day six days a week; I would save Sunday for praying. Praying is the best defense we have. Stay safe Arturo.
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