

The servants and handmaids did Light the first Flame
as the newly vaccinated arrived at the train station
each with his Own personalized yellow star and mask
a Gap of six full feet between each
in their new World anyone who failed the
physical would be isolated and must never Touch
or be touched by anyone else
anyone whose blood is Spilt will be subject
to Burning beyond all recognition to Ashes
beyond these Walls they claim that they are working toward freedom
the bitter windy cold landscape marked by demolished churches and schools
echoes a pointless Longing for what once was