Covid, Shmoh-Vid

Covid, Shmoh-Vid Despite the hard-hitting virus Copyright Doug Blair, Waterloo ON, 2020 spring

Corona 2020 and a world pushed hard March 14, 2020

whether to joke

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or whether to frown

a virus panic hits our town

and shoppers horde

as if at war

while gatherings, groupings

shut their doors.

watch out for coughs

and cleanse those hands

no schools or sports

you understand.

and look at how

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it seized the boot

of Italy's charm

and airlines' routes.

we hide from sun

we hide from friends

we work at home

until this ends.

will cleanliness resolve

the blight?

will leaders, great ones

share this fright?

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and potions hawked

and faith declared

as if all righteous

might be spared.

but no it comes

and takes the old

the weak and careless

as we're told.

the hospitals moan

from overcrowd

so many hurts now disallowed.

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oh Lord please show

that balance right

tween loving hope

and crippling fright.

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Kept by God

Cooped Up, and Wondering March 22, 2020

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​ So here I sit Cooped up by rules

The Powers say 'stay in'.

That bug outside

That likes to hide

Till cough or sneeze begins.

At first I thought so limp-wrist

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To wash and wash and cower

But now I see

It behoves me

To think of health care hours.

As staff press hard

To tame that curve

And bring the numbers down

I needn't act to complicate

By roaming throughout Town.

A brief hike yes

Or book to read

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Or comforts on the Net

I'll do my part

Respect the Team

And see this challenge met.

Checking Us Out March 22, 2020

Every now and then I chat with one of the more senior women at the checkout at Walmart.

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Recently I found her in a bit of a lull in serving “corona buyers”, so we engaged.

She just chuckled at all the panic purchases. But she did acknowledge that she had seen lately much courtesy and compassion from the local people. There was also a respectful quiet many a time. As if we were all acknowledging the seriousness of the current pandemic, and the pressing need for something or Someone way beyond ourselves to enter in for rescue.

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Oh yes we are here

For your house needs

And a little diversion or walk.

As some distance is kept

In the airwaves

But still it’s a pleasure to talk.

And we check all your choices

Correctly.

And we smile

It’s the least we can do.

And although wages

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Stay at the lower

We delight as we help you

Come through.

I saw much courtesy from staffers in my last store visit. One guy even chased me out into the parking lot to deliver a purchase I had forgotten at the till. They must be getting tired, but helping seems to work like a tonic. A lesson for all of us.

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A Present Jesus Posted on ​March 1, 2020

image by ron dicianni

“Is Jesus really active now?

He did those works

His ethic told

A Plan to save

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A Hope of Glory

But now just mostly

A moving story?�

Oh Friend take up more time in prayer

To sense His nudge

His whispers too

A growing sense of partnership

Now what to say or what to do.

And with this comes

A heightened love

You run to Him

When troubles loom.

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You give His input

Much more room

True hitched unto His yoke.

As Jesus prayed (John 17)

So shall it be

The Triune Love made real to you

And you within the pulse.

A consciousness (Ephesians 1: 17-20)

Of present Friend

A marriage of a sort made real

You will delight

Adventures come

When you want nothing else.

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