A tongue in cheek look at the fear spread by COVID-19. No intention of hurting anyone’s sensitivity.,🙏
My nose twist and tinge
But I am afraid
To sneeze
What will people say
I squirm
Shift my weight
From one leg to the other
A dead silence
All around me
The circle of
Social distance enlarge
See few people with
Phones to their ears
Somewhere in the distance
Wails an ambulance siren
The thought of being
Quarantined
Races through my
Distressed mind
I try to shout
Guys, I am all right
But fear dries my throat
I feel a cough
Coming up my esophagus
Esophagus, is that right
But who cares
As I fight valiantly
To suppress my cough
My body reacts
A bodily function
So innocuous
Comes to my rescue
With a sound thunderous
An act performed in public
That would have mortified
Even the bravest soul
Brought a sigh of relief
To everyone all around
And I moved on
Thankful to the
Fabulous Air Recirculating Technique
That my body performed
Banishing the fear
Of imminent infection
Of Corona virus
From one and all
Relieved, everyone on
His or her way
The malodorous smell
A small price to pay
Fleeting Muse 
These words, I can feel them all…
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Thank you so much for reading.
We need some humor in our lives now.
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Yes totally agreed. Glad I found your piece After all the depressing things I write about , I needed this I guess.
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Glad to hear that my words could bring some solace to my reader/s.
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If anyone was close enough to notice they were too close 🙂
You’re right, there is no point in giving way to psychosis. What we need are the German test kits. Nobody dies in Germany. But they’re keeping them for Germans only. Maybe they can’t produce more than they need?
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😀😀😀 hypersensitivity enhances one’s vision (or suspicion).
Yes, both Germany and Netherlands are managing well.
USA may soon surpass China because of the wrongheaded approach of prioritizing economic health to citizens health.
As the Indian PM said, “Jaan Hain. To Jahan Hain” – country is there if life is there.
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I notice that your pres is handing out cheques to the needy. They might get the virus, but at least they’ll have money to buy grapes.
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Number of unemployment claims are rising sharply.
Full impact of this pandemic will be felt for quite sometime even after a vaccine is found.
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I heard that. You’re starting from a very low rate though.
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But we responded very slowly too.
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But if your national philosophy is based on every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost/God will provide etc etc and if a social safety net, solidarity and a sharing of resources is anathema, how can you excect anything different? I heard that sales of guns have skyrocketed. Now that doesn’t surprise me either, being the kind of response I’d expect in the land of God helps those who help themselves.
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The shepherd’s flock are the ones buying guns 😀
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Very true words, Pranab. I love your poem. Tears are coming to my eyes. Stay well and safe, my friend. Some countries are gonna have it harder than others and I think you and I live in the worst places. Strengthen your immune system, get exercise, eat healthy and do not let fear take hold of you. No surrender.
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🙏🙏🙏 Thanks Marta.
Doing everything you suggested.
We can do only what we can do.
Can’t let fear rule our daily life.
Stay safe Marta.
And laugh and smile.
Laughter is the best medicine (when we don’t have anything else).
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You are welcome and, yes, you are right. Sometimes we cry but many others we laugh. “Always look on the bright side of life” as the Monty Pighton sang.
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The bright side here is that the virus has not mutated yet to be a potent air borne viral infection.
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I hope it remains like this.
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Yes, we can always hope (and stay away from conspiracy theories).
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You too stay safe and celebrate life. 🤗💕
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The Germans die, but they die much less than people living in Catalonia like me, and other parts of Spain. And why? Because the Germans took more preventions than the stupid Spanish government from the very beginning. To hell with the “so called” Spanish pride. No pride letting people die! 😞
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After looking at the rapid increase in number of infected people here by leaps and bounds, who am I to point fingers at others.
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I don’t believe in that ‘national pride’ rubbish. Myths don’t save people. Yes, it’s all a question of priorities, and if health care hasn’t been top of the list or even close, it can’t be rectified in the twinkling of an eye.
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Myths don’t save people – yes.
Neither to fear nor boasting.
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And also because the Germans did not do the massive cuttings in the health care system the Spanish government did during the “so called” 2008 crisis, which was nothing other than a massive fraud to the whole of the population, especially to the poorest and most vulnerable. Instead, the banks were rescued. Sorry, but I am sad, sad, sad and so enraged. 😆
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We are observing the consequences of the health care drama of the last three years here.
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The banks always come first. Not that people’s savings are ever protected. Just the banks themselves. I can understand your anger. I want to know why huge dividends are being paid out to shareholders while the state (the taxpayers) is shelling out billions to try and stave off an economic disaster. Why isn’t the stock market frozen, to stop crooks profiting from the crisis, and force healthy businesses to contribute to the effort rather than handing out millions to their shareholders?
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Because of our greed.
Once the dark cloud of the plague passes,
Vultures will be out in force to devour carcasses
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Yes, the Germans have the test kids where I read 69% of the population has been tested whereas in Spain just the seriously ill, 5%. Shame, shame and shame on the Spanish government!!
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Boasting, not testing, seems to be the priority of the head honcho here.
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I think we’ll wait a long time before the taxes on the hyper rich are increased to help pay for all this. Not just in Spain either. The health services all over Europe are under-funded but the taxes on the top few percent have been reduced ‘to encourage investment’—which doesn’t ever materialise.
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Dream on.
The one percenters know to take care of themselves while the masses fight over the crumbs fallen from their overflowing riches.
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Now, everyone is scared to sneeze. Every sneeze is a potential virus.
Bravo. Love this relief from the stress.
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Nice
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Thank you.
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My pleasure
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Times they are a changin’ when flatulence results in a sigh of relief and a sneeze sends people running for cover. Hope it didn’t happen in an elevator. 🙂
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😀😀 Won’t go near an elevator now.
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Me neither, after reading this post.
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But don’t you think WHO should prescribe Fabulous Air Recirculating Technique as a serious method for social distancing 😀
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WHO doesn’t have to prescribe anything… I’d get a whiff and back off voluntarily.
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😀😀see how effective that is.
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hope you are staying safe and healthy – world is a scary place
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We should not let fear rule us.
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True my friend
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