(Poem) Goodbye Wyoming by Francesca Tronetti, Ph.D.

Eclipse morning sunrise, Wyoming

The United States Covid death count is now 532K

More dead than the population of most cities

With almost 1,750 new dead each day, it increases

The numbers creeping closer to the mark

Even as the count rises in certain cities and states

Governors and leaders push for reopening

While people still refuse to wear masks in stores

And Facebook is full of stories of CO2 poisoning

There are now 550K dead from Covid in the United States

Vaccines are being distributed rapidly across the country

Everyone can get the vaccine, sometimes within 24 hours

Go to the pharmacy website and sign right up

I got the vaccine, my mothers, and grandfather too

My knitting group friends have appointments

But, their partners aren’t sure, nor are their families

They bite their tongues; you can’t argue with them

The death toll is now 578K cases

578 thousand Americans are now dead

The population of the state of Wyoming

Goodbye Wyoming

You would think we’d mourn this news

We have lost a state’s worth of people in a year

But, the news is on privately conducted recounts

Where people are searching for bamboo ballots

Florida has opened back up, no masks, no distancing

The governor says we don’t need masks

And bans companies from asking if you had the vaccine

People are flocking to malls and amusement parks

The death toll is now at 581K dead

And expects to spike again in the summer

If we lose another 42 thousand lives

It is goodbye, Vermont.

(Meet Mago Contributor) Francesca Tronettie, Ph.D.


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