Follow the Science Down Rabbit Holes - poem

 

 

Lawrence Hall

Mhall46184@aol.com

https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/

poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

 

Follow the Science Down Rabbit Holes

 

Infections are up and deaths are ‘way down

Or is it that infections are down and deaths are up?

Schools must be closed and the restaurants open

Or schools must be open and restaurants closed

 

Vaccinations are available, except when they’re not

And are necessary for all, except when they’re not

And masks are necessary, except when they’re not

And Saint Blaise blessed us at some thirty feet ¹

 

The captains and kings ² and whitecoats falter

 

And the rest of us

 

Can only leave all at the foot of the Altar

 

 

 

 

¹ Per the bishop’s order, throats were blessed at a distance in petition to Saint Blaise, with the priest adding, “And we can hope there is a blessing.”

 

² Kipling, “Recessional”