kissing thru face-masks
no holding hands
is still quite romantic
if feeling frantic
a loved one might die
or become a statistic

 

 

should we self-isolate
in our quarantined love-nest
after taking the test
I’m hardly immune to you
we're positive both
love & commitment can conquer all

 

could have a ball
kissing thru face-masks
not holding hands

 

challenging choices
seem sent to try us
here in this time of Coronavirus
 

 

After Gabriel Garcia Marquez,long after

(March 2020)

 

 

The new coronavirus, as imaged by an electron microscope
Zhu et al/NEJM © 2020, Massachusetts Medical Society

 

socially...

(physically)

...distanced

by government decree

 

 

Corona graffiti?

Corona clap

Swine Flu?

Bird Flu?

Last Gasp

Death

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