This poem is inspired by a poll of “things the pandemic ruined”..
When you think about it, it is a shame
Post-pandemic, things are just not the same..
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Supply-demand mismatch, shortages rampant
Prices soaring to a stratospheric extent
Irrevocable differences among family and friends
Over vaccines and masking, arguments that never end..
Burnt-out health care workers, whose exit from the workforce
Has left a large void, difficult to fill, of course
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All of us seem to have taken a blow
To our mental health, the strain does show
We are more anxious and irritable now
Than we were in the pre-pandemic era somehow
The initial days of isolation and quarantine
Are over, but some strange times we have seen
Having gone through periods of fear and uncertainty
We now have a heightened sense of anxiety
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COVID remains a poignant reminder in my mind
Of the worst times that we have now left behind
Passion...unbridled 