painting by Pablo Picasso
Kiss of Death
“Death that hath suck’d the honey of thy breath
hath no power yet upon thy beauty.”
--William Shakespeare.
The Pandemic
has forced us
into a gulag.
confinement,
isolation,
deprivation.
spider holes,
feeling like incarceration.
Even
our life partners
are wary
of any real
embrace.
We
are living
the Plague Years.
Freezer car
morgues
fill up
hospital
parking garages.
Now
vaccines
produce
smiles.
Glenn Buttkus
Quadrille
Posted over at d'Verse Poet's Pub
15 comments:
You are so right about the vaccines producing smiles,Glenn. I'm eager to get mine someday. We are living in a very strange world right now.
The Picasso is a perfect touch.
I hope the vaccines may stop the deaths... but that depends on it being distributed to the most vulnerable first... there are so many who want to be first in that line.
A dark poem for dark times but with a hopeful ending, which we can hopefully all enjoy!
It's good to know the vaccinated are smiling and it does lighten the mood for those of us still waiting,but it feels like a long time before we're paroled from this imprisonment. Right now it feels like it will be forever.
It's so strange these times we live in and you captured it perfectly Glenn.
The Picasso is such a perfect accompaniment to this quadrille, Glenn. I love the tone here that portrays the seriousness of the pandemic all the while instilling hope. I long for the day when everyone will be able to enjoy embraces. 💝
I think. when this has all ended, we will have a new appreciation of the simple handshake and friendly embrace.
I'm waving at you through my pixelscreen, Mr B, thinking that the day will come I might be able to shake your hand. You capture these anti-embraceable times well.
First dose down, second next week .... yes I am smiling. Stay well, Glenn!
Yes, its like a we are living in a dystopian world. Wonderful write Glenn
I worry that vaccines do not suffice - in Israel, we're doing well with vaccination, but infection rates and daily death rates are still high.
Well written, Glenn.
-David
Pandemic embrace is a perfect oxymoron to describe our current situation, Glenn. One consolation, I don’t have to go out in the snow! I'm still waiting for my vaccination, but I'm smiling - most of the time.
Yet the vaccine won't give us immunity. Our lifestyles are going to change for the foreseeable future.
It's been a long road.
We are living the plague years. POWERFUL statement!
Apologies for the late reading. I was glued to the television, old debater from high school and university days that I am....to the impeachment trial from the moment it began until it ended. Watched every minute. Found myself fascinated and appalled at the same time by the amazing chain of evidence presented by the house managers...their timeline, their seamless presentation to present a damning case. Found myself yelling at the defense attorneys sometimes, from my living room chair. Disappointed in the final verdict....but thankful for the seven Republicans who voted their conscience....and grateful this is all down on the record for the annals of history.
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