TWO INCOMPATIBLES
- a villanelle on the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
A1 Two incompatible beings collide.
b First, internal battle - race to enslave,
A2 then fly swiftly, softly, tie threads to outside.
a Host cleanses anxiously, touching denied,
b each masked to keep out, keep in, behave!
A1 Two incompatible beings collide.
a Cell replication repeating inside,
b crowns of quick fire burn through corpus’s cave,
A2 fly swiftly, softly, tie threads to outside.
a Not her! Not him! My own body provide!
b Paradox of choice – which breath do we save?
A1 Two incompatible beings collide.
a Clamoring voices obsess and confide,
b snake oil and science, recovery and grave,
A2 fly swiftly, softly, tie threads to outside.
a Fragments of heart flung most desperately wide,
b soar without touching the imminent wave -
A1
Two incompatible beings collide!
A2 fly swiftly, softly, tie threads to outside.
Thalia Chaltas 04-05-20