Sunday, April 05, 2020

earth note 736


the sap stopped running long ago
for every hollowed-out maple
there should be a wake
the body will crack and then sing a dirge

this is not a repeat of some fire and brimstone
in the scriptures of the quarantine
there is a path less traveled
but first you must give up your propriety

when stock trading resumes on monday
tell the pit bosses that there is
no safe social distance
only the final bell might save you

sometime after 5pm the news of the day
will get wrapped for cosmic distribution
the internet will scream into the silence
tv anchors will crawl back into their personal caves

a cardinal finds a cold wire in time for spring fever
the sun opens for the canopy
a ray of light
can lead to a thousand footsteps

--- e b bortz

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