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tore. We take note of the park ranger</p><p id="e70c">pushed into a lake for asking people</p><p id="5cfc">to please, social distance. We take note of the strange mix of</p><p id="aedd">infection numbers rising and prevention measures lifting and we know</p><p id="21c0">what we have always known - only in America are</p><p id="23e1">some people worthless and</p><p id="54ec">some people worth less.</p><p id="35c7">©<a href="https://medium.com/@jennyjustice">Jenny Justice.</a> All Rights Reserved.</p><p id="4478"><b><i>Jenny Justice</i></b><i>, Poet. Author of Love in the Time of Climate Change and Reveal. You can read more of her poetry at<a href="https://medium.com/justice-poetic"> Justice Poetic.</a></i> <i>Sign up for her newsletter <a href="https://jennyjustice.substack.com/p/coming-soon?r=2jhb2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy">here</a></i>.</p><div id="586c" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/jolt-917358803164"> <div> <div> <h2>Jolt</h2> <div><h3>A Poem</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div>

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Pandemic Tuesday

A Poem

Only in America a pandemic is

a partisan political culture war, where wearing a mask

is not a sign of awareness, concern, prevention

but it is a sign of ideology, of which party you

belong to and if you

trust science or not. Only in America

is this a war war war not on a virus

not on an illness not on ensuring people

survive but a war between

people armed with guns and Fox News and

people armed with science and compassion.

We drink our coffee on a pandemic Tuesday, we take note of the man shot

dead - for asking a woman to wear a mask

before entering a dollar store. We take note of the park ranger

pushed into a lake for asking people

to please, social distance. We take note of the strange mix of

infection numbers rising and prevention measures lifting and we know

what we have always known - only in America are

some people worthless and

some people worth less.

Jenny Justice, Poet. Author of Love in the Time of Climate Change and Reveal. You can read more of her poetry at Justice Poetic. Sign up for her newsletter here.