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They are Disinfecting Venice
I have been trying to find out; no
one will tell me the truth; they are
disinfecting Venice. Do you know why?
-Death in Venice
We
live on islands in the virus-time
Shored
in by disease and uncertainty
Waves
of uncertainty, rumor, and fear
The
deaths of friends bumping against us at night
Delivery
trucks are our vaporetti
Ferrying
our supplies across the Styx
That
separates our then away from now
With
imaginings outsourced from Lethe.com
They
are burning stimulus checks in the streets
To
disinfect us against reality
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