visiting hours are over
repatriate my ego gone girl gone
jettisoned by late 50’s decade of
preparations for the long sleeeep
creep of a reaper rubbing hands together
in a corner fly undone
u need an ego to fight the fight
every 7 yr. old knows this i can do it myself
paws off me helpful people! i.e. mum+dad
but most importantly in these
virus days we must act as though
these are the LASTDAYS
or the survival instinct will not kick in
the one that propels us to gnaw off a limb
the one that propels us to cover the mouths
of children crying on trains some died of asphyxiation
on sunday we said good bye to our old
mum 95 now being kept alive by herring + watery lasagna
but survive she will
because in order to still be kicking + screaming (at us)
she must be made of montreal steel like our departed
montreal brother these people are indomitable
until they are not
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CovidWinter 2020
