Both

 

Dread in the head runs down metal suck tube

poisons my rib cage of rats

 

The sun rose behind Mount Tom today

 

Scowling men cold eyes in suits those suits make me

nervous those haircuts too fan boys of Jesus and soldiers

 

Chickadees dance in hedges, mourning doves coo

 

Conspiracy droplets broadcast float settle on surfaces

remain unsure how long infect susceptible minds

 

Maple branches redden, arteries of earth blood

 

mom dad grandpas aunts what world will be left

for our kids?

 

Walked a different way home (everyone is walking!)

Met a friend from ten years back

real sweet guy named Cliff

lives right around the block

 

We talked of Bodega Bay, where we both spent time

 

                                                                        from six feet away