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End of History

END    OF   HISTORY…..


The heavens haven’t changed for all history.
Bright Venus shimmering in the dark sky..
Does anyone on that shining planet know our problems?
Did even we know what they were?  - 
 
I can’t recall the strike date of COVID 19             
Was it  2020? 2030? 2040?
I just recall the hopeless blackness 
Of the world before the strike.
The endless lying from US and UK bankers,
Time-wasting on sanctions and petty war priorities. 
Dull Earth shivering under feverish skies: 
We never tackled planetary pollution or global warming.

And now we never will  -
For the priorities didn’t change with the strike;
Health programs had been cut back;
A trillion dollars for arms instead of 
Test kits and masks for faces.

Cafes we liked began closing:
No football matches, airlines, theatres.
No schools opening minds.

Then Chicago went silent. 
Beijing stopped announcements.
The following month was the last 
Radio broadcast from Punta Arenas.

Then silence……………



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15  March  2020
This is my  poem entry for the   Coronavirus. COVID-19  contest

Note - Punta Arenas is just about the remotest place in South America, far from viral contacts.

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/16/2020 6:30:00 PM

oh my, so hopeless!!!! well written though!

Sidney Beck
Date: 3/18/2020 6:00:00 AM

.....similar to the long ago novel ( and later movie with Gregory Peck) by Neville Shute entitled "On the Beach" Not my normal nature to be gloomy but this virus has brought out a gloomy streak haha

Sidney Beck
Date: 3/18/2020 5:57:00 AM

As usual a pleasure to hear from you Andrea. It is a but gloomy similar to a