Lot’s Wife adrift in the Coronaverse
Agog at the saltwater tears
of politicians and businessmen
who force hungry employees
to work cheek by jowl
in air swarming with viruses,
and beset by media blaring always,
“Accentuate the positive!
Look ahead!
Never ever look back
lest you become
a pointy egghead,”
she watched the powerful abet the virus
to be fruitful and multiply
even as the virus mutated
beyond all control,
until she herself looked back
to learn what might have been,
and seeing behind what lies ahead,
dissolved herself in tears.