‘Unprecedented!’
‘Unbelievable’
‘Impossible’
‘Uh oh…no!’
‘Unreal!’
‘Who’da thought?’
‘Never in a million years!’
The howls and exclamations of horror
resound around the entire globe
Howls in every language under the sun
In the start of this auspicious year
2020
Due to some vile thing called
The Coronavirus COVID-19
Thus, the world has been cancelled:
The Disneylands
The ‘happiest places on earth’!
The World Olympic Games extravaganza
Planned for showcase in Japan
Beloved college ‘March Madness’ basketball
Pro basketball season
Pro baseball season
All schools closed
All designer stores and malls closed
Movies theatres and tony restaurants
Millions let go at their jobs
People confined for months in their homes
Cars, buses, planes, trains idled
Commercial flights cancelled
Gargantuan cruise boat
playgrounds docked
And horrors of all horrors
Stock markets around the world
panicked and crashing
This and more, much much more
In every nation
As thousands sicken with this relentless
Contagious virus called
COVID-19
And far too many are dying
So, of course they search, but
Have not yet found
The ‘miracle’ drug
And global medical infrastructure
Is being pushed to the brink
Who had thought we’d need
Many tens of thousands of ventilators
For those whose lungs had hardened
Past the point of no return?
All humans have been ordered
By their national authorities
To hide and ‘Shelter in place’
‘Do nothing and go nowhere’
‘Until further notice’
So, all are in shock, wondering:
‘What the…!’
‘You’d think the world was coming to an end!’
By Jahgirl
March 31, 2020