Woods, Ronisha, New World Order

New World Order

Ronisha Woods

It’s been two years since the beginning of the pandemic. The world as we know it would never be the same. We are still battling a virus we barely know about. Schools and certain cities are now forcing a vaccine. A vaccine we barely know about. An additional booster is now required. Hospitals are still at capacity due to COVID. Masksare still MANDATORY. Life as we know it will never be the same.

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Untitled Duplex Lydia Johnston

How can my fellow man be so cruel? Partying with friends while fellow men lie sick.

Celebrating while fellow men lie dead. Hospitals run out of their sickbeds.

Fellow men lay dying in dwindling sickbeds. Their funerals--attended by masked men.

Distantly standing, only a few masked men. Across town, the bars run full like hospitals.

Across town, “fellow men” deny the deaths. Pleasure prized above fellow men’s lives.

Selfish pleasure over dying lives. Sickly young hearts rot with the illness.

All hearts shatter with loss from this sickness. How can my fellow man be so cruel?

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