FLU HAIKU
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this virus hitchhiked
from New York to shining sea
my nose says howdy
gypsy virus camps
cloud-fogged swollen headwaters
weary writer taps
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Thanks for reading.
alice
Alice Keys
don't go back to sleep
FLU HAIKU
* * * * * * *
this virus hitchhiked
from New York to shining sea
my nose says howdy
gypsy virus camps
cloud-fogged swollen headwaters
weary writer taps
* * * * * * *
Thanks for reading.
alice
got a spare handkerchief? “Nice set,” I sneezed.
Thags wud of a class. Cough.;-)
Say hello to that nasty little bugger for me. It ought to nod its capsid in my direction, for overstaying in my house.
I thought of you when I came down with this. I thought this would have been just enough time for the gypsy germ family to travel from there to here. It would be interesting (to me at least) to follow the specific variety of germs and see how they travel the world. Capsid is a great word. Your vocabulary in all arenas never ceases to amaze me.
Thanks, Alice. You are tweaking my curiosity, as well. Once upon a time I wanted to be a virologist/epidemiologist, before I decided what I really wanted to do was write.
Epidemiologists rock. They are master-mind detectives. You would have rocked. But you also rock as a poet. So as long as we have you rocking, the planet is good.;-)
And you, Alice, are a gem. So glad I found you on here, or vice-versa.
Me too.I found your work with a wordpress search for poetry in December. Your words jumped out and grabbed me by the heart.
Epidemiologist rock. You would have rocked as one. But you also rock as a poet. As long as the world has you rocking in it, things are good.;-)
Love it and I love your idea to Suz — “Journey of a Bug” — the invisible fly on the wall — what if viruses have a long-standing bardic tradition? — “Balladeers of the Cold Wars”?
JohnnyCC Thanks for the laugh. Virus brain left me thinking as a scientist rather than a writer. (Writer is the higher thought form.) Studying markers on the protein coat and making charts. I like your idea SO much more. I wonder if the story would have to be a generational saga. The monarch butterflies take more than one generation to migrate north and south. Oral (and nasal) traditions passed from father germ to children.
All the best. Alice
Nice work – hope you feel better.
Thanks. I can’t tell what I’m writing because of the brain fog. But I have to write anyhow. I’ve done a couple of essays but I want to wait till my head clears for one last walk through and edit.
That sounds wise. That brain fog is a tough one to get past.
Nicely said. But now I’m all freaked out about those invisible little bugs.
I think they look like sea anemones in the micrograph. Pretty, in a freaky sort of way.;-)
I sure hope you are better now, Alice
Nice work
Thanks, my friend. I’m nearly better. My brain has begun to come back on line. I’m re-writing a couple of dead flat essays I wrote last week.