Viral Sonnet by kellykrebs

Words: Louisa Castner
Performed by Evan Tyler Wilson

Within the walls of sheltered-in retreat
we global citizens air-kiss our friends
and relatives across the park, the street:
we send a muffled shout upon the wind.
Our dogs and cats aerobicize our lungs
and atrophied extremities, so far
away from Lifetime and the gym — so young
we felt before the virus came to shore.
And politicians duke it out while you
and I see exponential cases climb.
These infiltrating germs aren’t red or blue.
United we will buy each other time.
And each and ev’ry day it must be seen:
how love and life survive in quarantine.