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Poetic Injustice

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Maggie C

Justice is blind, though

inherently judgmental.

My verdict awaits.

COVID culls with dispassion

guilty and guileless alike.

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12 thoughts on “Poetic Injustice”

robtkistner on November 19, 2020 at 4:00 pm said:

You were dead right there Maggie, Covid is a heartless killer.

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- Maggie C on November 20, 2020 at 8:40 am said:
  
  Indeed. Thanks, Rob.
  
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D. Avery @shiftnshake on November 19, 2020 at 6:18 pm said:

Invisible, deadly, and… dispassionate. The worst kind of killer perhaps.

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- Maggie C on November 20, 2020 at 8:41 am said:
  
  Absolutely. Thanks for commenting.
  
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msjadeli on November 19, 2020 at 7:38 pm said:

Well done! There is no subjectivity nor discretion in the mindless culling by the covid, which is nothing like the court system or human justice in general.

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- Maggie C on November 20, 2020 at 8:42 am said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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  - msjadeli on November 20, 2020 at 12:19 pm said:
    
    You’re welcome.
    
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rothpoetry on November 19, 2020 at 7:48 pm said:

Very well written… when a pandemic hits all are equal for the first time. Covid knows no class!

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- Maggie C on November 20, 2020 at 8:45 am said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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Xan on November 20, 2020 at 6:25 am said:

The juxtaposition of “guilty and guileless” leaves the reader wondering if they are different people, or the same. Are you contrrasting? or conflating. Really nice.

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- Maggie C on November 20, 2020 at 8:48 am said:
  
  Good observation. Thanks for commenting.
  
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on November 22, 2020 at 9:23 am said:

Covid seems to strike at random…

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