RECYCLED coronavirus haiku

RECYCLED

Turkey vulture collects

sins of the dead, resurrects them 

in guano time.

Coronavirus 

lays siege, our homes, battlefields 

are strewn with the dead. 

We seek refuge 

in houses, too small to shelter 

us from the world.

Our world shrinks 

exponentially as we shelter in place, 

this plague no one can see. 

We count the dead 

indiscriminately not 

wanting to know the score.

The tally is 

always the same, us zero, 

the grim reaper won.

Turkey vultures 

Line up on fence posts waiting

for their next meal.

5/29/20