By Barbara Sillery
Cape Cod Branch, Massachusetts
Masks
eyes
peer
warily.
Space
scan
circumference
six feet.
Caution
fever,
cough,
labored breath.
Outcome
ventilator,
isolation,
fear.
Reports
hundreds,
thousands,
millions—dead.
Survivors
Hollow Men
Hollow Women
circle round the prickly pear.
Days Ahead
Let neither bang
or whimper be
the end game.
Well done Barbara … It is sweet to read your poem ‘here’ … ALL the BEST
Well Written Barbara … It’s lovely to read your poem ‘here’. 🙂 ALL the BEST …
Thanks, Barbara, another Cape Cod Branch member. Observances are so true and poignant.
VERY WELL SUMMED UP/
I WORE A MASK FOR 30 YRS IN OR
TO WEAR THEM AGAIN IS A BIG PAIN.
FLASHBACK TIME!!!
THANKS FOR SHARING.
So well written about these times. Thank you.