Math was never really my thing
but I used to take
3 trips for groceries each week
There are 4 people in my family
and 13 veterans died last week
at the local Soldiers Home
They say best-case scenario
is 100-240,000 Americans dead
there are 16,000 people in my town
162,000 in the whole county
7 million in the Commonwealth
where we’re to stay home this week
And for the foreseeable future
so you’d think in this circumstance
the streets would be empty
Against exponential increase
but from my front door and screens
I’m watching everyone walking by
We should NOT be taking it to the streets now, friends
Day 2 of Poetry Month in the Imaginary Garden
