Tuesday, February 11, 2020

quarantined on the Aegean Sea

we were quarantined
in our cabin as the ship sailed
along
the Aegean Sea.
I mistakenly asked the ship's
doctor for
some pepto bismol
after the long flight
and eating nuts
and crackers,
and the next thing you know
we were
under lock and key
with a guard at the door.
they took our blood for two
days and finally
gave us a clean bill of health.
but it was a long two
days in captivity since
the person I was with forgot
to take her pills.
her crazy meds. and her therapist
was ten thousand miles
away, so I had to
sleep with one eye open
and with a butter knife
in hand.

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