IRONY

In a turbulent world we see it all 
Five hundred million spent on a campaign
Death at the U.S. Embassy in Tunisia 
Over three hundred murders so far in 2020 in Tijuana, Mexico 
 
Searches for the lowest vacation rates. 
I think of the advertisements for Barbados
This in the midst of the Corona Virus scare
News announcers speaking of sanctuary cities,
Almost endorsing them
Criminals caught, tried and released only to return to their criminal life
 
Jamaica is selling pleasure vacations.  Life goes on
It is what they do for a living, for jobs and an income 
They present peaceful living which is good 
 
I think of the millions of refugees worldwide, starving and thirsty;
Separated by default from infants and young children
Starving to death at the rate of 18 per day
I ache at the sight of churches being destroyed by bombs or fire
 
Religious beings being slaughtered while
Vacationers enjoy food, drink and evening fires around a cozy pit 
The images of having fun are enticing and at the same time
Topics of sex traffic, drug traffic and illegal aliens are upsetting 
 
We hear of the luxury vacations, then threats to Supreme Court Justices 
We get excited about fun on the sunny islands
Then upset about online sex predators 
We hear crimes are increasing; misery in the country of Venezuela
Tornado damage and death in central Tennessee 

Cruise ships are being quarantined for weeks
A six story hospital for the quarantined collapses 
Life goes on and people plan
They have earned their respite and we do not blame them
 
We worry about not having the ingredients for essential drugs
And other items of necessity and then listen to
Political fighting, accusations and lying
The irony of it all
 
Stanski
March 8, 2020 ^