[ Have We As A Society Progressed? ]
[ Or Has This Virus Made Us Regress? ]

[ It Has Forced Us To Go Against Our Natural Strength ]
[ Which Is To Touch ]
[ Because We Must Stay Back From Each Other By
     @ Least An Arm’s Length ]

[ How Does This Affect The Relationship Between A
     Child & Their Elderly Grandmother? ]
[ When They Cannot Be In The Same Room With Each
     Other? ]

[ If We Come Upon A Stranger Within Our 6 Feet Space ]
[ Can You Tell If They Have A Smile Or Frown On Their Face? ]

[ We Try To Get Away As Fast As We Can ]
[ Because In Our Head We Want Our 6 Feet Of Space Back ]
[ No Matter If That Was A Woman Or Man ]

[ Have We Become A THAT Society? ]
[ Instead Of A Male Or Female Body? ]

[ How Did We Used To Make A Friend Out Of A Stranger If
     We Were Out Walking? ]
[ Didn’t We Smile, Then Stop & Start Talking? ]

[ That Is Not How We Are Told To Now Do ]
[ We Are Told To Keep Walking ]
[ & Never Talk Or Meet Someone New ]

[ They Might Give Us The ‘VID ]
[ & When We Bring It Home To Our Family ]
[ We Would Stand There & Say ( OH, LOOK WHAT I DID! ) ]

[ We Bet We Won’t Do That Again Is What We’ll Think ]
[ We Could Have Ignored That Stranger With A Blink ]

[ Are We Going To Be Forced To Go Back To Quaratining If
     The Virus Numbers Keep Rising? ]
[ The Numbers Of New Cases Are Surprising ]

[ But Really, Should It Have Been A Surprise? ]
[ The Experts PREDICTED The Rise ]

[ Now The Two Biggest Family Holidays Are Almost Here ]
[ This Is That Time Of The Year ]
[ & The Precautions Are Totally Unclear ]
[ How Do People Tell Their Relatives That They Are
     People That They Can’t Be Near? ]

[ Without Having Feelings Hurt On Both Sides? ]
[ Or Without Making Up Lies? ]

[ Maybe A Little White Lie Would Be Best Overall ]
[ We Can Say We Can’t Come In An Email, Text Or
     The Old Fashioned Phone Call ]

[ The Virus Is Not The Bad Thing That We Want To Give
     Or Receive ]
[ Keeping People Healthy Is What We are Trying To Achieve ]

[ & Seek ]
[ To Keep ]

~ The End ~

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