Saturday, August 1, 2020

Another 24 Hours

8:30 a.m.


Another 24 hours 

Granted,

Calendar day

Unknown.


Waiting for 

Caffeine

To pour on 

Kitchen clouds


And blue screens 

To deliver headlines of 

A rudderless nation

Adrift in chaos.


Another 24 hours

To practice 

Our being 

Good citizens within distance 


When to stay safe 

Is to do nothing but

Wash your hands

And mask your thoughts 


Lest you touch on

The wrong idea

And infect someone

With a different truth


Or inhale 

An unpopular narrative

And exhale 

The wrong opinion


And even with 

Only that

Still

We struggle.



Ken Owen     Van Niddy Press

July 2020

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