Igniting the Ignorant

Where are we headed?

You asked the other day,

said I couldn’t possibly 

answer that question,

that maybe I didn’t

want to, why would I?

You stung me 

through your sunglasses,

nearly tripped over your 

wine glass, as you stood

sighing hopelessly 

through pursed, glossy lips.

Crisis ignites the ignorant,

so I told myself, 

this virus the ideal excuse 

for spouses to blame 

one another,

to fail to stick together.

Selfishness unleashed

on the planet, Covid-19

takes hold in each brain,

self-isolated disdain

creates feelings of resentment,

could separate us for good.

Now the street is empty, 

no-one looking for another,

or trying to extend

good wishes, instead 

scurrying for their cells

to keep the disease at bay.