The Covid Visit

 

the word

largely phonated

quarantine

here, everywhere

across multi-dialects

 

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lockdown…

within four walls

I read

labels and writings

of antique collections

 

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in empty nest

the couple wonders

evening of life

staying apart for long

sleeps with loneliness 

 

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crescent moon…

from isolation ward

the old man

stares at the open sky

ray of hope from the distant stars

Musing During a Time of Pandemic: A World Anthology of Poems on Covid 19, 2020 (Ed. Christopher  Okemwa)