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POEM: VIRUS

| March 20, 2020 1:00 AM

Vivid illness, you’ve got my number

I know you’re not far off

Retreat is all I can muster, as

Ubiquitous, you stalk me with calm intent

Surrounded by beauty, I fight you with solitude

BETSY MARSTON

Paonia, Colorado