Usually I don't touch on things quite so current or am so direct on them. As a change of pace I decided to do so. Feel free to report your thoughts on this.
Pandemic
Solidarity in solitude,
quarantine quietude,
resistance in repose.
Vanguard of victory o'er virus,
operative oxymoron,
postponing leads to progress.
Separation is security,
computer society
brings binary blessings.
Scientists seek for the solution.
Common folk clean surfaces.
Multitudes hide behind masks.
Chaos causes cankers of concern
false facts fester, fulminate—
simply follow the science.
Whatever the name of current plague
the rules return yet again—
avoid, quarantine, and track
What passes person to person
thrives in the bustling crowd.
Languishes in loneliness.
Go on, grieve the lost gatherings,
but please do pine in private
'til contagion is contained.
Not Comic Book Types
Real heroes dress in work-a-day,
do society's needed chores.
Daily put on their masks and gloves
and fight pandemic wars.
And most heroic of their deeds
is facing fear to do what's right.
Only sometimes it's dramatic,
oft is a tedious plight.
Simply get up every morning
and face another daunting day.
They sure up their stoicism
and mayhaps even pray.
A salute to healthcare workers,
in the vanguard of the foray,
who do battle with unseen foe—
face danger every day.
Kudos also to those heroes
who handle our trash and waste
and so many contaminants
have consistently faced.
Hail to those who work to feed us
farmer, trucker, clerk in food store
and provide sustenance to all
who endure viral war.
Also there are many others
who do the jobs that must be done.
Heroes of the common folk
who make our country run.