WEN: B823BB
Exhibitor Name: Nancy Krakauer
Division: Poetry
Class: 01 Shelter in Plac
20/20 Vision ã Nancy Langstaff Krakauer March 2020
No one could predict the immeasurable fear, Provoked by a virus the same name as a beer. A headache, a fever, a cough and a sneeze, An invisible bug brought the world to its knees. The life as we knew it is no longer there, The streets are deserted, the shelves are quite bare. The stadiums are silent, all sports are on hold, The Olympics are postponed - no “Go for gold.” The theaters are empty, the stage lights are dim, Bars and restaurants are shut down and so is the gym. The stores have all shuttered, malls now ghostly halls, A walk in the park requires new protocols. Once bustling cities contain empty squares, All places of worship, they don’t have a prayer. Vacations are cancelled, all business trips ceased, The borders of countries are strictly policed. All meetings are taboo, all classes dismissed, Things taken for granted no longer exist. No weddings, no funerals, no birthdays, no proms, Graduations, celebrations could all cause us harm. Millions of livelihoods lost over night, Uncertainty looms with no ending in sight. Our arms remain empty, too dangerous to hug, So near yet so far from the ones that we love.
So many have suffered, so many have died, Anxieties and fears have all amplified.
But. . .
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