When
the British under Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown
The
British band led the surrendering troops playing “The World Turned Upside Down”
In
the fight against the pandemic we seem to be led by overreaching clowns.
Workers
wanting to go back to work have been jailed while felons to escape the virus
have been unbound
America
has been hit by a wave of shutdowns and now 30M plus jobless are now out of work
Worse
many ordered to stay in their homes to go stir crazy and verge of going berserk
Can
go to a liquor store deemed “essential” but not to services in a church
Sate
your need for booze but your spiritual thirst is left in a lurch
Beaches
closed or if open you can only walk or jog but woe to you if you stop
Ignore
the fact that from your jogging or walking sweat laced with the virus will drop
Inaccurate
models of morbidity that change each week
Push
leaders to more shut downs and restrictions to seek
As
with economy quickly withering to die on the vine
How
much longer away from our jobs can we be confined
Civil
liberties on the way to becoming a forgotten right of the past
Create
an army of neighbor snitches to on lock down breakers chast
Job
revenue cannot be replaced by more and more federal stimuli
If
we don’t soon reopen surely our once robust economy will die
Taking
along with it domestic and substance abuse, divorce, and suicide
We
cannot wait until a vaccine or cure is found in order to rules of shut downs
continue to abide
Time
to protect the elderly in nursing homes a task that Cuomo did not do well
Wash
hands, wear a mask, and social distance knowing a virus infection for the
healthy young is a hard sell
Americans
need to be able to make a choice whether to remain inside
Or
start living again and working even though a risk some more of us will have
died
© May 7, 2020 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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