Sapphic ode to Corona Virus 19
Corona virus sneaks unseen, unheard
Passing with cough or
sneeze, or spat out word
To coyly creep into
each new host’s lung
A tale unsung
The virus minions lurk
in places warm
Like unwashed hands;
infected faces swarm
The myriad germs in
army ranks to go
Assault their foe
They colonise the host
and with much glee
Use stolen DNA
asexually
To reproduce and,
ready for the fray
Get coughed away
Beware the careless
meetings, friendly kiss
Beware the unmasked
night of casual bliss!
The pox, and AIDS,
Clamydia close your eyes
At CoV’s rise!
“Only a poem”, she says. Like it was something everyone could have written.
ReplyDeleteFor the record, it’s not. Nice format, interesting rhymes and I’m afraid I still wish you had no cause to write it, but I appreciated it.
Sorry the muse is not forthcoming (she might have been talking to mine, who is forthcoming only on the entirely wrong things), but if we have to skip a day, well, we skip a day. To be honest, we got worse deliberate cliffhangers...
thank you - to me it's the sort of ironic nonsense I pile out when something irritates me, and it's nice that having studied poetry I can now use specific forms. And a Sapphic ode seemed ironic from the outset.
DeleteI am glad you sort of enjoyed it, if that's the right word ...
I've been writing a little so it is moving .... and I am finding out more about Irene. And I think I know what she is going to be doing in the next would-be hanging.
It is, I’m just wishing Coronavirus didn’t exist or hadn’t been so bad (while I’m wishing, I’ll go big)
DeleteThat’s good to hear! Writing can be frustrating at times, but as long as it moves along, that’s good. Best wishes for a cooperative muse!
I think you are having it worse than us ... I just wish people wouldn't panic and the usual hypochondriacs clog the phone lines explaining about their snuffle. Yes, with a pre-existing breathing condition or if finding trouble breathing, then help is needed. Otherwise? just be sensible about it, take extra vitamin c, drink kefir, cider vinegar and honey, keep drinking plenty and hope to avoid it - and if not, sit it out. Most people who get it are not hardly going to notice.
ReplyDeleteas you will see the muse kinda co-operated. Irene had a remarkable mother.