Apocalypse 2020

Every day, it’s the crown virus

drowning out all other concerns,

a barely contained panic.

Meg says, “Don’t panic”,  but only I can hear her.

The rest of you remember wildfires in Australia.

Maybe  you heard that  locusts are swarming in Africa,

and that an earthquake knocked the trumpet from the top of Salt Lake Temple.

Don’t forget, just last year a fire swept through Notre Dame.

It's sounding kind of apocalyptic.

Sounds like the coming of the Messiah,

or the second coming, for most of you,

or the turning of a Karmic cycle for a few of you.

They say, the lord works in mysterious ways.

So let’s look on the bright side.

The young ER nurse dying could be a good thing.