Three Hundred and Fifty-Second Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary
written in response to CBC News, Oct. 27: "How to celebrate Halloween safely this year with COVID-19 and other viruses lurking: Infectious diseases expert says exposure may put strain on overburdened health network
Halloween eve
a new wave of lockdowns
in China
subvariants surging ...
a gang of grim reapers
double masked
trick or treat ...
Reese's Cups, M&M's and a box
of rapid tests
FYI: Reuters, Oct. 31: China's COVID curbs strand Shanghai Disney visitors
Video obtained by Reuters showed a huge crowd of visitors stranded at Disney's Shanghai resort on Monday, after the park abruptly suspended operations to comply with COVID-19 prevention measures.
All visitors at the time of the announcement were told they could not to leave the resort until they return a negative COVID test.
Added: written in response to the South Korea Halloween stampede
two red handprints
on Happy Halloween ...
150 deaths
Added: written in response to USA Today, Nov 3: Seoul, South Korea Halloween stampede leaves over 150 dead
row upon row of shoes
with name tags to be filled out ...
Halloween stampede
The nation’s abiding emotion is, understandably, grief. But there is also a blood-boiling rage...Why have politicians and bureaucrats, of both major parties, failed so radically at the basic provision of public safety?
