Only Wednesday

(in pandemic time)

 

I think we need a good day

And being sensible

About it

Try to avoid the stupid world

And wrap around the smart one

Our friends, I think, are

Counting on us

Not to build a platform

From which to sell whatever

Made wherever

 

I think they want to count on

Honesty

While in politics none is expected

Maybe because cheating

There

For too many is like breathing,

Reaching for a wallet

To spend

Someone else’s money

 

The rest of us

Can be smart

In real daytime life,

We can take precautions

We wash our hands in life

Every day

Masks are hot to wear

But we can breathe through them

If we can’t,

Then that’s an exception

 

We can still drive and ride

We’re fortunate not to be stopped

At borders,

Locally

As and if we’re well,

We can get out of cutaneous shells

To make or remake ourselves

Aware of those who will take help

With the means

For

All the troubled places

 

C L Couch

 

 

Photo by Mélissa Jeanty on Unsplash

Haiti