Submissions by Co-video

the state of the union coughs
has an earache
isn’t less bad
and even in the country of idaho
there is a reallocation
of distance between
human beings
in new york they’re
trading doors
and exchanges
for invisible
scourges
pointed fingers
and arrows
quivers of nastier
languages
strangers left to their
anti-body sex
and to self-collect
with cotton-swab tests
the trumpet plays taps
with a
flow-chart and staff
their six-foot precautions
ignored and unmasked ...

tumbleweeds of people  
in the streets      
vanishing points        
of shelving        
less conversation      
between coughing      
fits      
all of the stages of grief        
in a crowd      
dignity finally left      
in kindness