The couple doing their stretches in a garage
converted to a make-shift gym
dog walkers on a leash smile and wave
at me, or was it him?
The great silence.
Can you hear it?
Still
Falling leaves cushion the tread
of the morning walk
A pile of books long stored
and seldom read
Buckle in for the long term
the world as we knew it is no more
its nature's way of settling the score.
Roger Smith, April, 2020
