These are scary times
and I don’t want to be
the reason my family gets
this covid disease.

A lot of people
are out of work,
and I won’t complain
and be that ****
because I still get to
cash a check,
but doing so risks more
then just my neck.

These are troubled times
and I am afraid my greed
is preventing me
from doing what I need
to keep my family
and friends safe,
and illness free.

My baby brother
and his significant other
are getting ready to become
a father and a mother,
so, since I am still
out here working
I told them to stay
away from me
cause I don’t want
my unborn nephew or niece
to get sick and die
from whats going through.

These are strange days.
The gyms are closed
and my friends
all stay home,
just like my dad
whose sixty-five
with diabetes
and blood pressure
to high,
and every night
when I drive back
I worry that
this man who has had
a heart attack,
might catch something
that I bring home to him.
Still, I go in.
I keep working,
but if he gets sick and die,
I think I might try
and commit suicide.