Wednesday, May 13, 2020

the deep blue sky has been waiting for the virus


to show up
like a gunslinger
then go about
and open a secret or two
how many times have we heard
that the best minds of the generation
have been bordering on the absurd

there's a sunflower sutra for this kind of day

at some point
you will walk past the sirens
your face and ears covered
deep into a restless forest
it's all within reach
you don't need an invitation
there is no ideological acid test
when the kids finally grab their diplomas
& bury them in the memory
from this kind of day
this kind of future

billions of bodies
hold on in a fault line
crashing glaciers
maybe the beginning
of the end of history
a virologist will rise on easter
and sing all praises
to the scientific method

so make way
for a sun today
that won't give up

--- e b bortz

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