did you hear the rumor
a whisper, a word,
a breath of condemnation
an epithet spit
today's new scarlet letter
"truth" shared, hushed,
speaking a curse,
a diagnosis, gossip,
carrying the mark
of the coronavirus.
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
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