An ode to COVID
Contagious always
offering one to a
variety of ills
indefinitely
determined one way or another.
******
Just not a cold now
feeling tired, feverish
Stay home and take care.
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Mark Graham
I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.
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Lord, talk about PTSD. That dang virus did so much damage, I don't think the world will ever recover.