COVID-19

COVID-19 By GIGI DAVEDA BOHANNON

WE NEVER SAW IT COMING LIKE A TIDAL WAVE, A DRY TSUNAMI TAKING LIVES BY THE MILLIONS NO END IN SIGHT…GROCERY STORES EMPTY HAS GOD TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS???

CHURCHES CLOSED, CLUBS CLOSED AND SO ARE THE MALLS

DINERS SHUT DOWN, BARS UNATTENDED, LAST CALL FOR ALCOHOL YA’LL!!

MAIL UNDELIVERED, MEAT SUPPLY GONE IN THE WORDS OF MARVIN GAYE, “WHAT

THE FUCK IS GOING ON?”

WITH THE NATION AT A STAND STILL NO TIME FOR UNREST

POLICE SHOOTINGS, UNJUST KILLINGS, THE LAW IS STANDING ON OUR NECKS

VIOLENCE ERUPTS FOR THE WORLD TO SEE CITIES ON FIRE AS PROTESTORS

TAKE OVER THE STREETS!

IT’S CAPUTURED ON CELLPHONE CAMERAS FOR THE WORLD TO BEHOLD

HAIL TO COVID-19 SOILDERS READY FOR WAR WITH NO PLACE TO GO

BUT READY TO FIGHT THE CAUSE OF

BLACK LIVES MATTER READY TO FIGHT JIM CROW HATRED UNTIL IT’S FOREVER SHATTERED

READY TO FIGHT UNRIGHTEOUS POLICING

UNTIL LAWS ARE CHANGED

READY TO VOTE UNTIL OUR NATION IS REARRANGED

NON-VIOLENCE PROTEST IS A THING OF THE PAST

WITH COVID-19, WE HAVE GUNS…AND A MASK

RAISED FISTS GOING UP, JIM CROW STATUES COMING DOWN

COVID-19, YOU’VE DONE YOUR JOB, EXIT NOW!!!

STUCK IN THE HOUSE, NO PLACE TO GO WHO’S LIVING IN THE NEXT ROOM

I DON’T KNOW?

IS THAT YOUR SON, YOUR DAUGHTER, YOUR HUSBAND MAYBE

A LOCKDOWN LIKE THIS WILL PRODUCE SOME COVID-19 BABIES

STUDENTS IN SCHOOL BUT STAYING AT HOME TEACHERS AT SCHOOL ALL ALONE ZOOMING BY INTERNET TO CREATE TOMORROW’S LEADERS

FALLING BY THE WAYSIDE ARE TODAY’S DREAMERS

MASK UP!...SANITIZE DOWN!!...SIX FEET APART!!!...THE TRUMPET SOUNDS

THIS INSIDIOUS VIRUS CREEPS AND CRAWLS TAKING DOWN GOVERNMENTS LIKE A JUNK YARD DAWG

NO HANDLE TO HOLD, NO WAY TO CONTROL

NO VACCINE TO CONTAINE, IT’S A RUNAWAY TRAIN

HOW DO WE ADJUST TO COVID-19

STAY ON LOCKDOWN AND LET GO OF OUR DREAMS

DARE WE LOOK TO TOMORROW IN HOPES OF A YESTERDAY

WHEN UNMASKED LIVING WAS THE NATURAL WAY

WHEN DO WE REUNITE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR A WARM EMBRACE

TO SEE AN UNMASKED SMILE TO APPRECIATE

TO LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING AGAIN

TO THROW CAUTION EFFORTLESSLY TO THE WIND

HOPEFULLY AND PRAYERFULLY THE END IS NEAR THE DISH WE’VE BEEN SERVED IS RARE BUT CLEAR: LIVE….EVERYDAY LOVE…EVERYDAY LAUGH…EVERYDAY NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

AUTHOR--GIGI DAVEDA BOHANNON

September 22, 2020 Copyright September 24, 2020