Let’s name the next COVID strain, inhumanity;
it fits like a smile by the Moon during the day,
since humanity cannot plead insanity
when most people become oblivious like clay.
Hooray for the facelift and Botox injections!
Methinks (we think) that the wrinkles should be straightened
out with careful cruelty-free recollections
of the meaning of life whether long or straitened.
The inhumanity continues to amass
mass and thus energy but very little light.
Once the box is open, there is no equal class.
An unstable humanity can only fight.
O Athena! O my Anthi! Will we ever change?
Is humanity a dead end or out of range?
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Dedicated to [fill in the blank].
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Patrick M. Ohana
A medical writer who reads and writes fiction and some nonfiction, although the latter may appear at times like the former. Most of my pieces (over 2,200) are or will be available on Shakespeare's Shoes.
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American actress and singer Mae West became a popular film actress during the Great Depression. She started entertaining in vaudeville, then performed on Broadway, and finally went to Hollywood. She signed up with Paramount Pictures and made her debut in the 1932 film “Night After Night.” She also starred in musicals, comedies, and crime dramas. The American Film Institute named her one of the best classic Hollywood actresses.
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You know, Covid 19 should have been called the Batman Disease. They missed the opportunity. Lol. Loved your poem!