BETWEEN THE LINES: Peace and the Writing Experience 2020 Anthology

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COVIDATED Hanna - Ukraine Devastated.

COVIDated.

Frustrated.

Caffeinated.

Isolated.

Updated

In their countries and cities

to ensure the renewal of frustrated,

segregated.

isolated, devastated, navigated

From the outer world

by the fears, yet - elated.

insulated

To be loved and love -

by insidious virus.

Motivated.

COVIDated. The coronavirus pandemic has led to Hundreds.

an explosion of the new words. The

Thousands.

verb “to COVIDate� is one of them. The

Millions

first three meanings were taken from urbandictionary.com. The fourth meaning

of infected, affected,

was proposed by me.

impacted,

COVIDate:

feeling highly intimidated

1.When you and your partner get dressed

by mortality rate.

to nines to go to the post office, gas station

COVIDated.

and grocery store during a pandemic. 2.Use of alternative methods to plan a date

Exaggerated?

during the COVID19 pandemic.

Irritated.

3. Sex or sexual encounters during the COVID19-2020 pandemic.

Suffocated.

4. When you updated your relationship after going through the hard times together with your partner.

Wearing masks will help. - Validated?

While reading my poem bear in mind the meanings of this verb. It

Keeping distance may save: outdated

appears 4 times in the poem, each time having different meaning - in

by the time they are

the order given above.

COVIDated.

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