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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

A WORD FROM OUR FEARLESS LEADER

by Gail White



Coronavirus Pandemic by Bill Day, Tallahassee, FL


Coronavirus crisis?
I don’t know what you mean.
We’ll stop it at the border.
We’ll find a new vaccine.

They loved me in New Delhi.
I didn’t wear a mask.
You’re safe with me to guide you.
Your health care? Please don’t ask.


Gail White is a formalist poet and a contributing editor to Light. Her most recent collections are Asperity Street and Catechism. She lives in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, with her husband and cats.