Pressing Conference 3/23

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
transparently dressed
without ppe
hand-delivers
their terrible
concept of death
to the fevered
and taxed
for free