Late night thoughts while listening to Simon and Garfunkel and thinking about the pandemic, science, etc
Hello, doctor, our best friend You've come to talk with us again To share your mission for our safekeeping In an Internet public health meeting Your prescription that gets planted in our brains Must remain To confound the COVID virus We clean our hands, we scrub our phones In it together, though alone Every afternoon at 3:30 We watch you show us coolly and calmly A way ahead that's lit by the flash of scientific light Facts in black and white To confound the COVID virus In a happy dream I saw Groups of 15, but no more People walking while they're distancing People hearing 'cause they're home working People walking dogs, people jogging up the stairs Sixfeetapart, and aware Of how best to disturb the COVID virus The fools are those who will not know Who bellow "up is down" and "yes is no" The schools are now closed but we learn from you How logic can still be our best guide through How reasoned words have the powe...