Sunday, September 20, 2020

Unmasked...



 © 16 September 2020, the Griot Poet


Wearing masks doesn’t appear in the US Constitution,

Neither does “no shirt, no shoes: NO SERVICE.”

 

It was a small step from anti-vaxxers,

To anti-maskers,

The same tinfoil hats,

That think the earth is flat,

 

Instead of metal insulation,

The mark of the beast,

Upon their heads

Is red with the stencil letters: MAGA,

 

Ironically manufactured in China,

Not a preponderance of Melanin,

But Carotene is close enough!

 

The same follower

Blew cigarette smoke at my mask

Because he knows his embers will whiff past

That had a positive message:

“We’re all in this together.”

 

Quoting Eugene Gu, MD on Twitter:

“To achieve a herd immunity of 60%, around 200 million Americans need to catch the coronavirus, and 3 million Americans need to die. Herd mentality believes this all needs to happen because it is too hard to wear a mask, stay 6 feet away from others, and listen to scientists.”

 

Whether my red hat

Friend is on Twitter,

His attitude and demeanor figure

Into the demographic

Launched 40 years ago by The Gipper

In Philadelphia, Mississippi.

 

Not sure where it is?

It was the site

Of the KKK murders

Of Goodman, Cheney, and Schwerner,

Two Jewish Americans and a Black Man

Executed for the audacity

Of registering minorities

For the voting franchise,

 

The “wink and nod.”

Gave cover to Dixiecrats

To become Reagan Democrats,

They are the grandparents

 

Of the same human bile

Showing up with guns at faux “free the state” rallies,

Who are climate change and science deniers,

That think systemic racism doesn’t exist,

Except for uneducated, white “Christians.”

Who’s great lament

Is, they couldn’t practice,

Their bigotry openly,

“Make America ‘great’ again,”

Until they raised

A graven Orange image

In a demographic desert,

 

Helped by the same corporate forces,

Attacking science, arts, and education,

That muddied the dangers,

Of smoking, environment, segregation,

And climate change: for-profit,

Propping up false prophets,

Russian demons,

And rambling, Twitter beasts,

 

Without intention,

My red hat friend’s cigarette smoke,

Into my mask,

Unknown to him, unmasked is the real source of his consternation!


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