John Sensele Poems

A suffocating stench of sulphur dioxide trounced our nostrils
As a dark green sludge from 147 and 149 in our street crept and swept the yard inch by inch
Having made up its mind to ax and tax the thrills
We'd hitherto munched and brunched without a pungent punch shambling up the hills
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Figments and feelings of fear fled
Last night at 02 30 from my bedroom
God's grenade struck them dead
As I snapped awake in the room
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Humanity shines through
When our smiles ring true
Despite limitations we face
As we race forth in a warm embrace
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A vicious virus is striking
While we cavort in our blindness
Our wellbeing no havoc is wreaking
We pursue an agenda of unkindness
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Muppet master
Bragging broadcaster
Eat humble pie
Emit an obsequious sigh
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News from the frontline sounds grim
Death numbers doubled in New York
Reality stoic minds can't trim
Neither can the smell of death cheat the stork
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Hazmat suits nowhere in sight
Fear and frenzy fondle the plight
They feel in wards teeming with debilitated dwellers
Screaming in pain surrounded by trembling revellers
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Cooped up in the sitting room
Bored stiff
Take time yourself to groom
But indulge no mischief
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Beware not of the darkness of light
Fear the light of tinted glasses
You conceal in during sunlight
Assuming to you will come no minuses
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