panic in the streets

there is panic
in the streets, in the stores
in the woods.

I saw a squirrel the other
day

carrying nine nuts in his little
arms,
fear in his eyes.

his wife wearing a little
cloth mask
as she carried a basket
of toilet paper
to their oak tree.

the sun cancelled it's rising.
the moon
is nowhere to be seen.

the tide stopped coming in.

fish are swimming in circles,
although that may
be normal, not sure.