Long Ventilators Poems

The large, bright Winter moon shone it's heavenly light over and out amongst the snow-covered city. The city was large, the city was noisy. It was midnight and the bustling still urged on. People ached...

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Yes, the government was unprepared
Brushed it off and didn’t care
Dropped the ball, was slow to act
They knew ahead and that’s a fact
Had ample time to protect us all
Ignored the warnings when China called
Pandemic Blueprint and...

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"Another 150 Illinoisans have lost their lives in the last 24 hours
   May each of their memories be for a blessing
2,240 residents have tested positive for the virus
   Another 365 new...

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The old house stands still.
Rot has set in.
A flying termite caught in the webs of a dead spider, sway to the shrill of a ceiling fan.
All things sway.
Dreams rise and suffocate in the mouldering mortars 
Falling...

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As I travelled across the night sky
by means of an arrowhead-shaped ship
that used free energy; present across every
moon and star,
I noticed that there was no other soul
in the crew’s deck and pilot’s cockpit

‘‘Can I be...

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He came from Bangladesh, on the official business
of pursuit of happiness, with only a suitcase and a family of three
settling in Coventry and working at the hospital next to the big cathedral
that survived Nazis' bombardment,...

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7.	9 minutes at 9 pm 

Lamp to lamp, house to house
Street by street, we light hope, 
9 minutes at 9 pm, we light hope, 
We share our struggle like a team but with a spirit...

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Please bear with me. I am processing all this. Probably through some PTSD. 

My only way to process this, is to write
It has been such a long, ongoing fight
I remember April 7th, the sudden tiredness...

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You are told there is no pandemic.
You are told it’s all a hoax.
You are told it’s a deep state conspiracy.
Three thousand deaths here, 
           ...

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Weekly this sorry procession
rolls out a parade of wannabe
kings and queens,
heirs unapparent to the realms of nothingness.

Girls with elaborate hairdos,
boys drenched in cheap cologne;
drawn to the main drag pubs,
solitary ventilators of the monochrome kingdom.

Factory gates...

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Villanelle: Alright guys: Heave and Ho! And let it go

(Confinement to one’s home though fines during « outings" add to revenue, private companies take orders from far-flung lands for masks, gloves and ventilators and protective...

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Someone please show us the way.
Watching this virus spread like a wild fire.
Watch the politicians argue & bicker over 
Personal desires 
While more and more peoples lives expire.
More & more each day, watch the ventilators...

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the door grates open and I bite my lip so hard it bleeds
she can't see you cry, she can't
my palms sweat against the doorknob
 attempting to hide my worried face, 
I try to take in...

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Suck  ups,  breathe deep
Unfortunate  clamor for  relief
Old  folks  kept  for long term storage
Wild  masses  forage  for  papers for  toilets
Gas  lit,  lungs...

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It's Day but It's Night,
It's Dark but the light is present,
It's Cold but the light is present,
It's War but no Fight!
It's awkward, Silent and Smelling!
I wonder if I'm dreaming or I'm awake?

Years ago, They fought...

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The hearts of our once invisible heroes grow weary fighting a relentless demon.
God make it stop!

They sacrifice all with little to save souls from the consuming darkness surrounding them.
God make it stop!

How many faces of...

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My lost rib is lost
Girls reject me everywhere
some raise their noses when they see me
In the college they ran away from me
claiming my socks smell nasty
In dance halls bull-dance is killing me
I am told my...

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the road to revolution (no, REALLY)
Do you guys remember your history classes by any chance?
I was browsing through my AP World history class book,
in my not-entirely-wanted, new-found, infinite leisure time when it struck me……

The world...

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His healing power will heal you in times like this. If you believe all your problems and worries will be fix. Ventilators and Iv parasites your human form but our savior and creator will erase...

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A mask hides what is to happen next
all dark stair steps, will future be vexed?

Unknown disease, please touch me not 
a nimble mind sits, fearful in distraught.

Flux of arduous mist, in smoke of doubt 
dread...

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There's anger afloat in the air
as old folks die from lack of care.

Grandmas and grandpas fighting death
hooked to ventilators for breath.

Lives placed under strict quarantine,
now wait for a cure or vaccine.

Survival's a selfish process,
some value...

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I am close to my God in the outdoors
Where earth smells linger on the wind.
The wonder of creation is everywhere
And I feel my heart rest at peace.

It was in the outdoors that disaster struck
my son,...

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Take me seriously, Lord
when you call me that day
employ me as sanitary officer
in the bathrooms of saints
that I may share some debris of holiness

I fear that my life here
has been dark and tainted
no amount of...

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JUXTAPOSITION 1
Prelude for a Dying Loved One
Faces stricken,
painted in grief, 
peer through the glass barrier
into the room,
as ventilators is removed
from a loved one, and
last breaths are expelled.
Mother Earth awaits,
her arms opens to embrace
and cradle her...

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 Poetic Crimes 

On and on
they go
the vaccine makes three heads
and sixteen toes

An elephant trunk
and five giraffe necks
not to mention a terrible
desire for Bill Gates micro softy

The 1600's sure had a basket
of stupid apples
how they...

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