They brought the virus with them

 
They sought to escape the city
the lockdown of the early pandemic,
opening Summer camps in Winter
to be, to live, to breathe free;
 
but they brought the virus with them
sneezing, coughing before me, unmasked,
acknowledging they were the local statistics
I heard on TV at night.
 
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Edited January 23, 2023

They brought he virus with them

 

January 23, 2023

bringing the virus with them

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/bringing-virus-with-them.html

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December 29, 2021

Pushing freight in a pandemic

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/pushing-freight-in-pandemic.html

edited October 25, 2021

Another SKU - haiku

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-sku-haiku.html

converted to haiku based on challenge in comments

October 25, 2021

Another SKU

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-sku.html

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edited June 9, 2021

a hole cut out of the universe – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-hole-cut-out-of-universe-v3.html

edited June 9, 2021

a hole cut out of the universe – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-hole-cut-out-of-universe-v2.html

June 9, 2021

a hole cut out of the universe

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-hole-cut-out-of-universe.html

&

edited April 18, 2021

a chance meeting – 2 - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-chance-meeting-2-v2.html

April 15, 2021

a chance meeting - 2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-chance-meeting.html

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edited March 6, 2021

God must weep - v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/god-must-weep-v3.html

edited March 6, 2021

God must weep - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/god-must-weep_6.html

March 6, 2021

God must weep

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/god-must-weep.html

Twitter post by @JustAmyZing:

https://twitter.com/JustAmyZing/status/1368229697650319361

“I will never understand American Christianity’s

response to the pandemic. I’m so grieved by

reckless choices that lead to real life consequences

for the whole community. And I wonder in the

Church’s failure in this also grieves the heart of God.”

My reply:

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1368230798323822593

if "#Jesus wept." for the death of one friend,

Lazarus, how much more so must #God weep for this

loss of life from the pandemic.

John 11:35

“Jesus wept.”

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edited March 23, 2020

a virus spreading – v9

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-virus-spreading-v9.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242055056016498688

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242054030848819200

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242054323250630659

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242054493413531649

stanza 4 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1242054712423321600

 

changing order of stanzas and edits

edited March 22, 2020

a virus spreading – v8

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-virus-spreading-v8.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241873672643674112

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241872235666780162

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241872448527773696

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241872747652943873

stanza 4 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241872989588721671

edited March 22, 2020

a virus, spreading – v7

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-virus-spreading-v7.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241748018652536833

part 1 of 2 - https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241747048631873536

part 2 of 2 - https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241747180429418498

CDC COVID-19 site:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

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March 22, 2020

a hidden enemy

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-hidden-enemy.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241731453228142595

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241727270533902341

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241727640551202817

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1241728193440202753

 

 

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