This Brave New World, XII
written in response to CBS News, June 27: Former President Donald Trump holds first rally since leaving office
a fly banging
against the sunlit window
in the session
my patient drones on
I won the election
news after news
of "2024 run ..."
in scorching heat
crows caw-caw-caw
on the power line
dewdrops of sun
on a bent blade of grass ...
this quarantine life
smoky twilight
body after body floating
in the Ganges
FYI: Poverty, stigma behind bodies floating in India’s Ganges River: Villagers along the river say cremation expenses rose during the pandemic, forcing many to immerse or bury the bodies in sand. Saurabh Sharma, Al Jazeera, 2 June 2021 And the latest news, Photos show bodies of COVID victims floating along Ganges River in India,, Yaron Steinbuch, New York Post, June 29