Incalculable Loss

A year of incalculable loss
In part from predictable forces
And fragile economies

A suggestion of disarray
Warning residents to brace for
An alarming turn for the worse

The grim daily tallies
Another thorny challenge
Threatening the progress made

Damage, well beyond its borders,
Tears through the social fabric
The worst two weeks of our lives



After Covid Takes a Frightful Turn in South America
(New York Times, April 30, 2021)

Soundtrack for this note

Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) by Prince

See previously:

• Duty of Care
• Message From Our Leader

This note is part of a series: In a covidious time.

File under: language, poetry, culture, observation, perception, loss, Latin America, coronavirus, disaster, pandemic, journalism, Observers are worried, The Rough Beast, covidious, toli

Writing log: May 1, 2021