how did we forget
selling wild animals
can pull the breath
straight out of us—
the revenge
of the disrespected
*
epidemic
getting better
or worse?
who to believe
when you can’t
get tested?
*
line at the deli
the manager
keeps everyone
laughing like
there’s no COVID-19—
free smiles to go
*
inconvenient
truth—
the change
we need
comes down
to us
Cynthia Anderson lives in the Mojave Desert. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals, and she is a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee. She has authored nine collections and co-edited the anthology A Bird Black As the Sun: California Poets on Crows & Ravens. http://www.cynthiaandersonpoet.com
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