Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

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My daughter is an epidemiologist. She knows the pandemic is no hoax. This was written for a contest on another site. What if EVERYONE in the world is LYING? Every country. Hmmmmmm

What If the Pandemic Is a Hoax

What if we find out it was all a hoax?
A way to find out who the most frightened ones are?
A way to keep us in our houses, while they do weird things
Maybe they perpetrated it to keep us angry.
To see how fast we would kill each other.
To see whether or not we would feed our children ourselves
What if those numbers on TV are a lie?

What if we find out it was a hoax?
What if we find out that there was no corona virus?
What if we find out it was a way to keep us isolated?
A way to keep us from comparing notes while they bugged or playgrounds?
A way to keep us away while they bugged our schools?
What if it was a hoax to give Big Brother other ways to spy on us?
What if those numbers on TV are a lie? 
Would we be able to stand it? Probably not.

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David Kavanagh January 31, 2021 at 12:38 PM The Covid is real Caren, but the figures are most definitely massaged, I’m not even sure the 3rd world countries are counting at all, can barely feed themselves, let alone test for Covid, good spin to your poem, cheers David Caren Krutsinger February 1, 2021 at 4:35 PM Thank yo David. I am so over this pandemic, and yet here she is, lying on her tummy daring me to come out to play.

Sara Kendrick January 31, 2021 at 10:42 AM I read a poem once called "If" I think. It said in essence I lie in bed with what ifs running through my head. LOL..But we all do don't we. I read an article or part of it that said China had investigated and that it did not start with them but from some meat that was imported to them from other countries. LOL..Adam and Eve passing the buck. Thanks for the visit to my page. Sara Caren Krutsinger February 1, 2021 at 4:35 PM You are ever so welcome my friend. Stay safe! I am.

Gershon Wolf January 30, 2021 at 9:03 PM That people are dying is real. Are the numbers accurate or at least near-accurate? That's a question. Are the motives of the doctors and scientists -- who have been caught with their feet in their mouth too many times -- sincere? That's also a question. Are the lockdowns really to protect us? There I don't think there are two sides to the story. There we have the heavy hand of big government overreach into what, by right, should be individual decision-making. Does that mean the government is evil? That's another question. ~ Let Freedom Ring! :) gw Caren Krutsinger January 31, 2021 at 9:39 AM There are way too many unanswered questions, you are right about that!

Quoth Theraven January 30, 2021 at 8:02 PM Caren, Hoax? No. Perpetrated on the masses? Hmmmm, possibly. They came out with impossible and beyond meat. Made me think of Charlton Heston in Soylent Green. What would he think? So much to ponder. -Richard Caren Krutsinger January 31, 2021 at 9:41 AM So much to ponder, who knows what? I know nothing. Media so lop sided. Statistics easily manipulated, sad stuff.