Three Hundred and Fiftieth Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary
immune-evasive
Omicron strains are coming ...
skeletons
hang from an oak tree
in Halloween dusk
FYI: Yahoo News, October 12: WHO issues new warning over winter flu surge and COVID wave.
And CNBC, Oct. 28: Omicron subvariants resistant to key antibody treatments are increasing every week in the U.S.
The subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 now represent 27% of infections in the U.S., a significant jump from the week prior when they made up about 16% of new cases, according to CDC data published Friday.
Added: Three Hundred and Fifty-First Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary
cold and flu season
with covid19 in the mix ...
layers of dark clouds
FYI: The Washington Post, Oct. 28: So far, this flu season is more severe than it has been in 13 years
And Democracy Now, Oct.27: Children’s Hospitals See Surge in RSV as Experts Warn of Winter "Tripledemic" of Respiratory Illness
Public health experts in the United States are warning of a possible "tripledemic" of respiratory illness this winter: an increase in COVID cases, an early flu season and a surge in cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Added: This Brave New World, LXI
written on the Day of Halloween and in response to Amanda Gorman's tweet, "One Education under Desks"
Attack of Fright
this unspoken weight
of a plantation ghost story
clomp! clomp! clomp! ...
gunshots outside
under the teacher's desk
two skeletons
FYI: The following is the full text:
Schools scared to death.
The truth is, one education under desks,
Stooped low from bullets;
That plunge when we ask
Where our children
Shall live
& how
& if
