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They said that every day spent
in quarantine with your wife
equates
to seven years of a husbands life,

If my wife sees this
it'll be another life that I've lost
and I'm up to number seven already.
 Apr 2020 Sue Collins
JaxSpade
I'm sharpening my knives
Looking through my tv

All the deceiving

I'm sharpening my knives
And now the edges are gleaming

If you can understand the meaning
I'm getting ready to cut through the evening

When the world breaks down
And the guns ring hell

I'm sharpening the help
In the helter skeltor
Of any chaos

I'm sharpening my knives
And loading them with bullets

Looking at my tv
Studying my enemy
Brainwash humanity

My razors edge is so sharp
It could split the hair
Of a microscopic bacteria

I'm sharpening my knives
Because I'm not fearing ya

All the deceiving
You best believing
I'll be standing on the side

Of America 🇺🇸
Ovarian, Breast, Pancreatic, or Lung…
there’s a look that is shared the same

And staring straight into the eyes of time,
all promises gone and reclaimed

Each moment borrowed and leased from your fear,
the walls crashing one by one

Tonight no longer a sleep guaranteed
—under blankets of doubt unsung

(Dreamsleep: March, 2020)
This is the time to give:

Eyes to look
Eyes to read

Ears to listen
Ears to hear

Hands to make
Hands to write

Voice to speak
Voice to sing

Heart to help
Heart to heal

Yourself to another
Yourself for another
As we are feeling alone it is time for us to create and consume. To teach and learn. To write and read. To love and accept it. This is a gift to do what we never have time to. To speak with those left behind by our busy lives.
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