Poems of the Week

Costcovid

by Alex Steelsmith

“Lt. Gov. Josh Green today questioned a controversial plan to release low-risk jail inmates
to try to block the spread of the new coronavirus… telling state senators that…
‘prison is safer than Costco.’”

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Waiting in line at the popular megastore,
six feet apart, we have reason to sulk;
everyone knows they are all out of Charmin, but
Covid-19? You can get it in bulk.