Life in the Time of COVID-19: A Bit of Prose of the Times

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Image by Miguel Padrinan, via Pixabay

We Said, They Said: An American Tragedy


He's unfit for the job, we said.
He's incompetent and dishonest, we said.
"But her emails..." they replied.
He's a fuckup, we said.
"But our 401Ks are doing so well!" they chanted.
Now. COVID-19. DJIA below 20,000.
We told 'em so.

 © 2020 Alex Diaz-Granados

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