by Lynne Barnes
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Be advised:
Now is a time of high stress.
It’s in the air like smoke and ash.
You must mask while you’re out
and get inside as soon as you can.
Get inside circles of humans who see, know
who you are, circles of people who allow you
to share your emotions and thoughts.
Sharing inside circles of trust
can boost your immune system,
help neutralize the pollution
of this air we are breathing now,
air hazy with particulate matter of fear
that has come upon us suddenly
in this last half of
the month of January, 2025.
Take care.
Lynne Barnes is a retired psychiatric nurse and librarian who has lived in San Francisco since 1969. Her poetry memoir, Falling into Flowers (Blue Light Press, 2017) was a finalist for the 2018 Eric Hoffer Book Award.
