He came forth wrapped in gorgeous beauty Two and zero and two and zero Mesmerizing twos and hopeful zeros Bearing gifts and visions of platinum and gold Unknown to the world he had conceived three Hope, faith, and a poisonous third Super deadly like black bullets in a barrel Coercing and bullying innocent hearts It seized a zero in the blessed year And covered itself in thorny spikes A beauty in the lab and a monster to man A stubborn inedible protein on earth Forcing its way down anhydrous throats And winding way up the wide nose tunnels It announced its coming from the farthest east With no vivid clue it could cross a border It walked, jumped, and open gates Broke fortresses and sacred citadels Marching on like an unstoppable King Crippling royals and murdering claws As deadly as hurricanes and mighty tremors It emptied streets not a soul in sight Pelicans and parrots covered the sky Tigers and tortoises owned asphalt And whales and walruses had a peaceful swim
A new order of brotherly love beckoned Friends of covid were alien to friends And complete distancing the newest amour Hugs and kisses looked gross as evil The friendly salutations were fast forgotten Coughs and sneezes were weapons of death Deadly weapons of mass massacre Did the pandemic register horror alone? Shall we reminisce only of the black? Nay! The other side of the coin remains Evident as the cloud that covered the view In the midst of the live tumultuous chaos A white dove warbled a song of hope A white flag signaled the newest dawn The retina of nations opened widest Streams and rivers danced in the dessert Winter shone bright and hot as the sun And stones became the king’s edible Inventions never ceased in America And innovations flooded the soils of Africa Is this the awakening forefathers chanted? Should we be ecstatic of the brand new day? What shall be said of the leader today? Did he see the summer snow?