40,000 Dead& Counting: 6/6/20 Poem by Sheena Blackhall

40,000 Dead& Counting: 6/6/20

Rating: 4.3


40,000 dead & counting
Ismail, Emma, Luca, Joe
Policeman, shoe designer, vicar
Breathless, slip the leash and go

40,000 dead & counting
Angus, Kevin, Raj, Hassan
Seamstress, schoolboy, lawyer, actor
Covid victims, child and man

40,000 dead & counting
Shabnum, Undeg, Michael, Jim
Dentist, cleaner, prisoner, warder
Catch it and the outlook's grim

40,000 dead & counting
Nadir, Seb, Jean, Julie, Leonard
Painter, travel agent, chef
Care home inmates dying hard

40,000 dead & counting
Rajesh, Florence, David, Bryn
Barber, soldier, coach, health worker
Dig the earth and tip them in

40,000 dead & counting
Sudhir, Robert, Will and Roy
Cobbler, holocaust survivor
Each one's someone's pride and joy

40,000 dead & counting
Emeka, Tim, Alan, Dave
Musician, peer and shop assistant
High speed to a lockdown grave

40,000 dead & counting
Patrick, Edwin, Christopher
Schoolcaretaker, uber driver
Teacher, dancer, broadcaster

40,000 dead & counting
Salina, Andy, Val and Jon
Pensioners in thousands dying
Doctor, cook, comedian

40,000 dead & counting
Gareth, Hefin, Hilda, Moll
Singer, airport worker, sportsman
Names behind the daily toll

40,000 dead & counting
June. The blackbird's on the wing
We are shielding, waiting, hoping
Covid puppets on a string

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Mahtab Bangalee 06 June 2020

died dying will die more, more and more earth will live alone but as province of unsatisfied souls and then; then nothing...... maybe aboriginal.....

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