The Messiah Wears a Corona 

The Messiah Wears a Corona 

Walking ‘round the Navy Yard
A baking pan in hand — both
Shield and sword against the cars
Among the stars
Messiah wears a crown — a corona
The virus among us, they say may
Not be all that bad
Killing off only the old world. We
Will wake to find
A new one where
The wars will all have ended, as
A consequence
The breezes will blow clean again
Our debts won’t be forgiven
But will vanish — with the rent bills,
And the plastic,
And the traffic

 

Elliot Sperber is a writer, attorney, and adjunct professor. He lives in New York City and can be reached at elliot.sperber@gmail.com and on twitter @elliot_sperber