Lawrence Hall
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Shelter in Place
“Go inside your houses, please. All these people will
be taken care of.”
-Police Commander in Doctor Zhivago
Blue and red lights flicker across the face
Of the rigid black-clad police commander
Whose admiral’s stars all shiny and bright
Are meant to reassure us that we are safe
Blue and red lights flicker across the night
Front yards now blue now red now blue now red
The curious from their houses now blue now red
Like corpses discolored in the summer’s heat
Blue and red lights flicker across the wraps
Of a world heaved into an ambulance
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