stand
in one place
for long enough
and the world
might pass by
before you
the whole universe
of possible things
can come to pass
all that is wished
all
that is
dreaded
every possible choice
for good
or for ill
paraded as an option
and so
one choice
among the many
every choice
is one
among so very many . . .
~
it is lockdown
here
again
overnight curfew
no travel
beyond three miles
from home
just one
member of the family
allowed to shop
non-essentials
shut down
of all the conceivable
choices
and
every possible
outcome
this
we chose
this
~
Frank Prem Poetry 
Hope you’re doing okay during these weird times.
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So far so good, Peggy.
I had the sniffles and a headache – all low grade, but persistent – so I had the test and self isolated for a couple of days till the results came in (negative, as I expected).
These are the times we live in now and there’ll be a lot of it happening for the foreseeable future, I reckon.
Hope you’re ok, too. Take care.
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We’re good. A few in the family have been tested—all negative.
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Stay safe.
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The new normal for a while at least, Frank. Stay well.
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Yep. At least I still have an income.
You stay well too, please Mick.
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I’ll do my best! Thanks, Frank.
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Such a powerful closing section, Frank
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Thanks Derrick. It won’t be the last such reflection, I’m sure.
Stay well.
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That last stanza is the cruelest cut of all and the hardest to bear: we brought this on ourselves.
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A mess of our own making, Liz.
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I know. Here in the US, we’re still seeing crowds of people gathering shoulder-to-shoulder with no masks–while on the news last night, a doctor in one of the hardest hit states said the cases have now exceeded his hospital’s capacity to treat everyone, so the very sickest with little chance of survival will be left to die at home.
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Gosh that’s brutal.
Here, it is running through our aged care services at the moment. Our world is full of fools, too.
Batten down, Liz.
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Our aged care facilities were hard hit at the beginning, but they’ve gotten it under control.
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We did better in the early period, with our facilities, but for a couple of decades there has been consistent pressure to de-skill and de-staff these services, and to casualise the workforce. It was only a matter of time.
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I’ve never understood why the most vulnerable people in our population who need the most care and support end up being cared for by the least qualified. I suppose the answer must lie with money.
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Money and political philosophy, I think, Liz.
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Never a good combination for the vulnerable and marginalized among us.
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