JUST LIKE BUGS THAT SUCK OUR BLOOD, VIRUSES PROVE LACKING IN COMMON SENSE

Before we move on from
Yesterday’s post concerning
Blood sucking creatures that
Tend to bug us to no end
I can’t help but wonder
Why, for Pete’s sake
Must humankind
Contend with strains of
Viruses so deadly as to
Create feelings of
Dread if anyone
So much as draws so close
As to invade our personal space
Thus threatening our
Belief system, which states that
Safety is ours as long as
Vigilance maintains our
Place within the epicenter of
An invisible circle in which
Any human, whose primary shelter
Is not our own, maintains guidelines
Of social distancing, which
Deem a separation of
Six feet between us as
Necessary if we are to evade
Covid-19 from invading
Your lungs and mine
And hopefully, you’ll not mind
If I feel need to emphasize
My fear for my lungs, again, being that
At my advanced age
A rare tumor, having had
The chutzpah to invade one of
My healthy lungs, uninvited, makes
My candidacy for succumbing to
The pandemic nature of this
Particular bug more than
Highly likely, which is
Why my husband and sons
Are right on the money when
Their love for me dictates
No interaction whatsoever with
Anyone other than Will with
The exception of
My appointments at Mayo, which
Has turned into
A ghost town, being that
No one other than
Patients battling life threatening
Illnesses are allowed to exit
Their cars so as to place even
One foot onto the curb where
Care giving staff, well trained in
Compassion, await with
Wheelchairs in which
We, who are in need of
Transport, are whisked away 
Toward one of three buildings that
Make up this medical campus, which
Proves to provide patients, whose
Lives are threatened, as is true of
Mine, with a Mecca of
Excellent medical care, even
Now when an epidemic of
Unknown proportions is taxing
The medical community to
Extents never before
Experienced within
This current generation’s lifetime
And if you should think to ask what
Happened while
I was seated in a wheel chair within
An empty waiting room
Awaiting my first appointment with
A cardiologist, specializing in
Cancer, last Friday—well—
Being that I’ve just spent the last
Two hours ordering
Groceries on line for
The very first time, and since
My mind has begun to plead
Weariness, let’s catch up with
Each other, tomorrow ...