Sidetracked Charley

Has it occurred to anyone yet that we are at that special time when Trump said it would just go away? It is even worse than that. We are at that part of the calendar when most viruses seem to go dormant. And we are having infection rates of 70,000 a day. If this is the lull before the fall second peak what will that look like? And heaven forbid flu season this winter. Wondering, if we survive, if this time will go down in history as the second dark ages. We seem to be denying science and throwing truth sayers under the bus, calling out the troops on those demanding a hearing on their grievances. Can we be very far away from burning witches. Okay, I admit we seldom burned them. Joan of Arc maybe. We drowned them, hung drawn and quartered them, stoned them, pressed them, tortured them to death. And at one time in England, during the Black Death, we locked them in the house with all their relatives sick or well and waited for them to all die. Then landlords could rent the pro...

The Alien beast living in my body Sounds like a dragon or an invading army. It rumbles in my chest from my tummy   to my throat And spews like a volcano. I try to make it sleep afraid to wake it with that first cough Its tail tickling my throat One cough is never enough From throat to abdomen it runs. And back again at last quiet for the briefest of times Until the dragon again awakes. I did everything I could followed all witchy advice I avoided eastern carriers Drunk elderberry syrup. The witches lied I feel so betrayed huddled here in my cave around the dragon within. Jacqui Binford-Bell Note: I have lost four pounds, perhaps more friends. I am a pariah among my own people. A carrier of the dreaded beast. But today I know I will live. But clean up won't be pretty.