Coronavirus (by Drew Tompkins)

“These seniors think they have it bad today,
but seniors at their age were sent away
to war,” some random guy on facebook claimed
as if out of his own experience.
Thus every somber heart must share the blame,
for someone felt sorrow far more intense.
Why disprove our sadness, we’re the same.
Coming together for this makes more sense.

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