A Choice Of Pandemic

There many strains of Covid 19
for us to choose from, and learn
how best to not catch them
in the surest way possible,
congruent with civil liberties
and the economy
of the country we live in.

But it does not end there;
in the wild there is now also
an ongoing outbreak of Bird Flu 
and that is trans-national
and trade barriers help it spread
by limiting the vaccinations
of tame birds to stop them
infecting wild, migrating, birds.

So when you see the turkey
it may be more off  than you think.
But remember this;with this virus
nature has it worse than humans know about... 

The Ice In The Heart That Lets The Heart Keep Beating

It was said by writer Graham Greene,
and about him too, that what kept him serene
as he wrote about man's infidelity to man
was that he had a sliver of ice in his heart.

How much ice will we need in our hearts
whilst Covid 19 keeps us all apart
and what science there is that lets us live,
will not also let us us be reunited?

Given the dishonesty
on which society is built
it will be more than we can admit,
that we have always got by through detachment.