HARD TO BELIEVE THIS

I am tired
I feel sick
What is happening?
The Covid-19 story
All the rules
Changing from day to day
Masks are bad
     They are needed for front-liners
Masks are good
     They keep others safe
Masks are not necessary
     They actually do no good
Social distancing is smart
     Thought up by a sixth grader
Vilified by epidemiologists
     Including John Hopkins studies
Isolate yourself if possible
     Cause of many deaths
Place the sick in nursing homes
This caused many unnecessary deaths
     “If you can do it safely was implied”
It was easier to blame the President
 
Walmart is fine; Mom and Pops – No
Elected surgery –No; Abortion –Yes
Tattoo –Yes; Haircuts –No
The rules of dictators; too risky to violate
Don’t go north for the holiday; Dictator goes north
100,000 dead; President is blamed for not caring
     He cared from day one and set policies
This is while he was being impeached
The Speaker of the House celebrates in Chinatown
 
People are eager to have open up as in Florida
Other governors refuse to act reasonably
Houses of Worship must remain closed
Multi-trillion dollar relief packages passed
Money goes to special pet projects and the arts
Desperate people remain desperate
Illegal aliens are granted entitlements
People are going stir-crazy
Four policeman involved in the murder of
a shop-lifter by kneeling on his neck
He states that he cannot breath
This is captured on video
 
Citizens protest; taking to the streets
Are distraught because of confinement
Antifa members flown in to begin riots
Black Lives Matter members enter the fray
Civil demonstration turns into full-blown chaos
Protests expand into cities around country
Again Antifa members flown in to orchestrate
the riots and destruction; it appears well intended
to those who will suffer the unintended consequences
 
The uprising and rebellion will cost billions to
repair and has destroyed all of the recent gains
This was the real purpose; not
the protest of the death of a human being
 
Frustration leads to anger; it is a two way street
Leadership is needed but cannot be found
Insurrection cannot be controlled
The intifada has been successful
The losses unparalleled
Closed worship houses cannot respond
The real enemy wins again
We can only begin once more
 
Justice will prevail; the murderers will be tried
They will be punished for their crime
Citizens will walk around dazed
Covid-19 will be forgotten
Religion may make new inroads; appealing to
People’s precepts and what is important
We will recover; it will take a great deal of time
 
I am tired; you are tired
We feel sick; we are sick
Our hearts ache
We cannot ask why
We know why
It is time to get our house in order
Time to remember the forgotten
 
Stanski
May 30, 2020 ^