“Reaching Grim Milestones” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán ...

“Reaching Grim Milestones”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Reaching grim milestones
like millions of jobless filings
while empty airplanes
become the “go-to” visual of a crisis
as aerosolized viruses hang in the air
hide under a finger nail
and cling to a single strand of hair
experiencing days
bleeding into one another
MDs helplessly repeating,
“This is a nasty disease!”
feeling “anticipatory grief”
still attempting g to love one another
in-spite of becoming vulnerable
imperiled by imminent calamity
shrinking from bereavement
kept under extreme quarantine
spreading high anxiety...