b89 (4.27-1.2020): everybody's out

     everybody’s out [i]          
by goi n. gout
 
the parking lot is crowded
i feel like fool (in mask)
some people don’t know distance (or at least they don’t know math)
they clearly don’t believe the things elected leaders say
 
everybody’s out/about
as if it’s all okay
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·       and, who knows?  maybe it is all okay.

·       maybe it is just slightly more dangerous than the flu.

·       maybe the economy is more important than trying to screw with a curve.

·       one thing’s for sure: after being locked in the house for a couple of weeks, and after dividing “county population” by “deaths” on their cell phones, usa-ians (at least those in gaston county, nc) are taking their chances.

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[i] martino, j. (4.27-1.2020). everybody’s out. book 89: april fools. © 2020 by joal martino.