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Tag: COVID-19

bottoms up

we might’s well drink the brew.

2020, coming out, COVID-19, perspective, quarantine

stupid is as stupid does

If this is hate,then I guess that’s where I’ve fallen. In ‘Murica these days,can’t suggestmy good friends to the north(south, … More

#COVID, 'Merica, 'Murica, COVID-19, Facebook, Hate Speech

Jagged Bones

I need you to see some flesh on the jagged bones of the life themes I’ve expressed in my poetry.

butterfly, change, Christianity, chrysalis, church, corruption, COVID-19, deconstruct, evangelical, evangelicalism, flight, Freedom, fruit of the spirit, Good Samaritan, government, immigrant, immorality, Justice, LGBTQ+, liberty, Lion King, maturity, minorities, quarantine, Racism, refugee, selfishness, Simba, social justice

Quarantine – Week 9

in the scheme of things,
I see these as small vices.

COVID-19, masks, musings, news, quarantine, sanity, thnker

nightmare

Frogs, fingers,
“we only want you”
this poem becomes a witch’s brew

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, COVID-19, dream, ExxonMobil, Goodnight Moon, Mandela, nightmare, Poetry, quarantine, Renaissance Center, South Africa, Trump

VIRUS

Reality is a harsh mistress.
She seems straight-up at first
but then she throws a curve
and a sharp angle. Downward.

#napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, Coronavirus, COVID-19, economy, ignorance, Letters, Poetry, selfishness, shapes
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