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james nordlund Jul 2020
**** said, "people wouldn't have the pandemic if they weren't tested".  
If he were a comic he'd get this advice, your policy jokes are like a
bridge too far that's not far enough, to nowhere, you'd **** there, go.

Still, he continues to refuse to use the DPA to nationalize producing,
distributing effective testing, PPEs, which would save taxpayers 100's
of billions of dollars overspent now on gouged prices, and 100's of

thousands of their lives, he continues to preach his 'corona schmorona'
policies at his super-spreader of disease rallies, exterminating repubs.
Our outrage can turn the tide, as can a term or two of President Joe.

We've got 614 billionaires here, why can't "...we(e),..." inspire them to
replace our 'should a, could a, would a' situation with a win, win one.
They walk into a bank, walk out with 100 million dollar loans, that can

purchase the combining of medical manufacturers to do what the not
use of DPA didn't, supply States with all the testing, PPEs they need at
a decent price, the guaranteed market would do the same for the loans.

A nation working together can save those 100's of thousands mass-murdered by the repubs coviding, premeditatedly, and those whose
ases, assets will be liquidated by homelessness, hunger, crime, stress.

Only if we insist the model of mass theft of tax dollars by purposely not preventing things is tossed: Lion of The Senate running against Carter = October Surprise, Iran-Contra-gate; S+L gate; Y2K; Silicon Valley Start-

up Bust; Attacks on 9-11-01; unnecessary unending wars; '05 filling the bowl by Katrina, NOLA, by non-reinforcing of levees for decades; '07 great recession; '10 manufacturing of tea party by ebony, ivory, the

Black, white supremacies, working in perfect harmony with the multi-media conspiracy, as they're doing now; '16 non-prevention of hacking of election, if you didn't vote Hillary you voted to illegally install Utin and

his **** into the BlackHouse; '17's seeing **** end the WhiteHouse pandemic response team, cut CDC's funding, etc., to allow the virus to take elderly, poor lives, ***** nil. The insanity can be stopped, will you?
"The root of all oppression lies in (supposed) science", "be the change you want to see in the world", Gandhi.  They're going to ****** your family, if not with this virus than another, unless you protect, occupy, GOTV, "you can't dismantle the man's house with the man's tools", Lourdes: classism, notseeism, totalitarianism, defining power as manipulation through to genocide, instead of learning through to consciousness raising.  Copy, share as you will.  Thanx for all you do and don't.  Be well.  Viva la vida, solidaridad, la evolucion   :)   reality
Chin up high
Even though you did this
How many will die, until you notice?
So many smiles are gone
Too many tears fall wronged
How much will we pay?
Until you take this away
COVID-19
We are a team
You will fall
We will stand
Hand in hand
If i could tell COVID 19 anything, it would be these words
Big Virge Jul 2020
“Testing Testing One Two Three !
that’s right, keep your distance, about six feet !
Form a queue please, and keep it orderly,
because we’re testing to see
if any of you have the Corona Disease !”

That’s Right It’s TESTING...
That’s Needed Like Lessons... ?!?

For Corona To LESSEN... !?!

That’s What Their Expressing...
And Constantly STRESSING... !!!

These Ladies And Gents...
In... Governments...

Across The World...
But As Time Unfurls...

Will Testing Be...
What Defeats This Disease...
And Puts This Virus...
Into... RETIREMENT...
And ETERNAL Silence... ?!?

It’s A Testing Time...
To Write Poetic Lines...
Because of The Vibe...
That’s TESTING Minds...

TESTING BELIEFS...
And TESTING Chiefs of Medical Teams...
Who... Really DON'T Seem...
To Be PASSING The Test...
of Providing STRENGTH...
Instead of These TESTS... !!!

That Will Now STRETCH............................ .......
Across The Length And Breadth...
of... WORLD Continents... !!!

A Test Indeed When We Have Police...
Causing People GRIEF...
Because of Violent Deeds...
That Have Now Been Seen...
Across The World Globally...
That Show Their BRUTALITY... !!!

That Have FUELLED Protests...
On... WORLDWIDE Streets... !!!!!!

How Do They Now Expect...
To Complete Health Checks...
On... ALL These Peeps’...
To Confirm Who’s Healthy... ?

And Somehow... Still FREE...
of This... MONSTROSITY... !?!

That... SUDDENLY... !!!
DOESN'T Seem Quite As Bad...
As... ORIGINALLY Deemed... ?!?

Will These Tests Become...
...... COMPULSORY....... !?!?

Because There SURELY Must Be...
A SECOND Wave That’ll Fill More Graves... ?!?

So Of Course MORE TESTING...
And OH YES A VACCINE... !!!!!!!

Will Be Things Now Seen...
And INJECTED Into Teens...
And ALL Kinds of Peeps...
Who Are WILLING To Receive...

Tests That They BELIEVE...
Will Keep Them... CLEAN... !!!

And NOT Needing To Be Screened...
When They Travel... Overseas... ?!?

But Will Need To Quarantine...
For A... Couple of Weeks... ?!?

I Mean... SERIOUSLY... !?!

After RECENT Scenes...
Now Seen On Screens...

As I’ve Said Across Streets...
Where People Have BREACHED...
Corona Policies So... BLATANTLY... !!!

How Many Virus Tests...
Will They ACTUALLY NEED... ?!?

To Finally Deem That This Disease...
Will NO LONGER Be Seen...
As A PROBLEM For Humanity... ?!?

It’s A Test INDEED... !!!
That In Time Could Be Seen...

As A Conspiracy BIGGER...
Than That of... 5G... !!!

And That Right There...
Is Where I’ll End This Piece...
of... Thoughtful Poetry...

Because HONESTLY...
I’m Pretty Sure I DON’T Want Them...

... TESTING ME... !!!

Until They Find A CURE...
That... PROVES To Me...

That Their Tests And Vaccine...
Are Not Things Being Used...
To CONTROL Humanity... !!!

It’s Been Done BEFORE...
And That’s For SURE... !!!

Just Look Back At...
The... Vietnam War...

And Chemical Tests...
Conducted By The U.S....
On Their Own Citizens...
Who Unwittingly Received...
Things Like... LSD...
Back In The... “ 50’s “... !!!

So.....
NO Conspiracy Themes... !!!

Because What I’m STRESSING...
Is That NATURAL Selection...
Should Dictate My Ending... !!!

Rather Than SOME INJECTION...
That THEY CLAIM...
Will Give... PROTECTION...
From This Deadly Infection... !!!

Because I’m Really NOT SURE...
About...... ALL Their......

........ “ TESTING “....... !?!
So, it looks like a whole load of testing, vaccinations, drugs, and who knows what else, are coming, however, when one thinks about Coronas' beginnings, and where we're at now, one has to wonder what all these tests are for, and what good they will actually do.... ???
Aaron LaLux Jul 2020
Feeling claustrophobic doing emotional aerobics,
can’t breath so I take a breath and breath in,
and if you can’t be with the one you love,
then love the one you can be with,

time is precious,
can’t waste it,
even though I’m at this terminal,
feeling like a rebel that’s complacent,

typing on these keys,
like they could make a difference,
met Jay-Z and respect Alicia keys,
but this New York State of Mind is indignant,

feels like the world is ending,
feels like no one cares,
feeling like no one feels things,
feels like feeling don’t matter any more,

anyways,
you know what they say,
one moment you feel like you’re on top of the world,
the next moment that feeling goes away,

we’ve got pandemics,
we’ve got floods and fires,
we’ve got a worldwide lockdown,
we’ve got misdirected desires,

we’ve got not a lot left to believe in,
see people I know in the street,
and feel like,
I’ve got nothing to say to them,

dead inside,
still sparked and alive,
still I log on just to turn off,
but I’m not grabbed by anything online,

nothing is exciting,
nope nothing at all,
so I try to drown out my anxieties,
with orange juice and alcohol,

wishing I knew which directions to go in,
wishing I knew if life was real or not,
it’s 2020 it feels like that doesn’t mean anything,
feels like we got way but somehow we are still caught,

here in this moment,
with no one except ourselves,
what do you do if ignorance is bliss,
but knowledge is wealth,

which to choose,
the choice is up to you,
I can’t give you any advice,
because I don’t even know what’s true,

though I do know one thing,
when I take a breath and breath it’s,
if you can’t be with the one you love,
then love the one you can be with….
james nordlund Jul 2020
While **** continues to refuse to use the DPA to nationalize
the production and distribution of effective testing and PPEs,
which would save taxpayers 100's of billions of dollars over-
spent on gouged prices, and 100's of thousands of their lives,
he continues to preach his 'corona schmorona' policies at his
super-spreader of disease rallies, exterminating republicans.

They say, 'time is longer than twine', and 'to err is human,
to forgive, divine'.  It's unforgiveable, n'er forgettable.  Yet,
Joe's persistent perseverance in reminding our nation who
"..we(e),.." are and can be, not just life, relation in motion,
being evoking art, and illimitable potential, indivisible as
life, growing communally, yet also citizens of a great Union.
Remember, they finally settled on this attack when all others failed against Hillary, she wasn't "perfect"; excuse her for not being born a Black man.  As well, who is "perfect", no one; also, we shouldn't allow the perfect to be the enemy of the possible, the good.  If you didn't vote Hillary, you voted for the global criminal conspiracy to illegally install the **** of Utin into the Black House; they're at it again- don't you allow over-confidence, apathy, complacency, nihilism, self-possession, etc., to do it again, please.  Copy, share as you will.  Thanx for all you do, have a great day   :)   reality
Michael R Burch Jul 2020
Ascendant Transcendent
Ascendance Transcendence
by Michael R. Burch

Breaching the summit
I reach
the horizon’s last rays.

This is a poem about unexpectedly glimpsing the raw beauty of the universe, which comes like an unexpected blessing.



Sudden Shower
by Michael R. Burch

The day’s eyes were blue
until you appeared
and they wept at your beauty.



Imperfect Perfection
by Michael R. Burch

You're too perfect for words―
a problem for a poet.



yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1
by michael r. burch

plagued by the Plague
i plague the goldfish
with my verse



yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #2
by michael r. burch

sunflowers
hang their heads
embarrassed by their coronas

I wrote this poem after having a sunflower arrangement delivered to my mother, who is in an assisted living center and can't have visitors due to the coronavirus pandemic.



homework: yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #3
by michael r. burch

dim bulb overhead,
my silent companion:
still imitating the noonday sun?



Stormfront
by Michael R. Burch

Our distance is frightening:
a distance like the abyss between heaven and earth
interrupted by bizarre and terrible lightning.



Splintering

An unbending tree
breaks easily.
―Lao Tzu, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch



Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch

It's not that every leaf must finally fall,
it's just that we can never catch them all.



Laughter's Cry
by Michael R. Burch

Because life is a mystery, we laugh
and do not know the half.

Because death is a mystery, we cry
when one is gone, our numbering thrown awry.



Childless
by Michael R. Burch

How can she bear her grief?
Mightier than Atlas, she shoulders the weight
of one fallen star.



New World Order
by Michael R. Burch

The days of the dandelions dawn...
soon man will be gone:
lawn fertilizer.



Translations

I entered the world empty-handed
and leave it barefoot.
My coming and going?
Two uncomplicated events
that became entangled.
―Kozan Ichikyo (1283-1360), translation by Michael R. Burch

“Isn’t it time,”
the young bride asks,
“to light the lantern?”
―Ochi Etsujin (1656-1739), translation by Michael R. Burch

Brittle cicada shell,
little did I know
you were my life!
―Shuho (?-1767), translation by Michael R. Burch

Bury me beneath a wine barrel
in a bibber’s cellar:
with a little luck the keg will leak.
―Moriya Senan (?-1838), translation by Michael R. Burch

Learn to accept the inevitable:
the fall willow
knows when to abandon its leaves.
―Tanehiko (1782-1842), translation by Michael R. Burch

Darkness speaks―
a bat in flight
flits through a thicket.
―Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902), loose translation by Michael R. Burch

I’m tired,
so please be so kind as to swat the flies
softly.
―Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902), loose translation by Michael R. Burch

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HTR Stevens Jul 2020
Peeping out from my rabbit hole,
I cannot see a single soul.
The virus is floating about,
But is it okay to go out?
The economy is going down the drain...
Some say that to ‘stay in’ will be double pain.
Play Russian Roulette: just roll the dice...
If you know not what to do is wise!
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