We Must Wear A Real Mask

Under COVID-19, we have no other choice these days Too many people are dying; we must wear a real mask When we are walking in the depopulated streets. No plays No hoax, no jokes, no fun! No need to wonder or to ask Questions, the new coronavirus is infectious and deadly And the once happy birds sing sad funeral songs on the lea. We must wear a mask to protect ourselves all day long Many of us wear latex gloves, we must wash our hands With soap for about twenty seconds. We keep our tongue Hidden. And we must stay home. Friends don't visit friends This is strange. Even the raccoons are hiding on top of the tree And the caged birds sing black spiritual folk-songs on the lea. The hospitals are full of sick people. The morgues are crowded With dead people on the floor. The morticians are overworked A major war, a major crisis is going on. The country is divided The leader is found to be incompetent. He behaves like a real jerk People wonder how he got elected. COVID-19 is afraid of hot tea And the people sing sad memorial songs with the birds on the lea. P.S. This poem is dedicated to Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar and to the victims of COVID-19. Copyright © April 2020, Hébert Logerie, all rights reserved. Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.