I/am/a/sci/on.
Borne/from/rich/rich/dy/nas/ties.
I/am/im/por/tant.
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I/am/some/of/them.
I/am/a/poli/ti/cian.
I/am/above/you.
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I/just/had/my/test.
And/peo/ple/said/’po/si/tive.’
I/am/now/con/fused.
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My/fa/mi/ly/test.
We/have/to/be/tes/ted/first.
We/are/im/por/tant.
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Ne/ver/mind/who/you/are.
No/one/dare/speak/ag/ainst/me.
For/I/am/the/law.
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The/hung/ry/peo/ple.
The/an/gry/and/poor/peo/ple.
The/row/dy/peo/ple.
***
Just/turn/a/blind/eye.
I/told/you/to/su/pport/me
But/you/ha/ted/me.
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Let/us/fight/as/one.
Our/ene/my/is/co/mmon.
Let/us/heal/as/one.
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The/peo/ple/are/dead.
And/then/they/blame/me/for/it
It/can/not/be/me.
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My/con/science/haunts/me.
Too/much/de/vas/ta/tion.
Too/much/the/cha/os.
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My/con/science/haunts/me.
Am/I/rea/lly/to/blame/now?
Come/to/think/of/it.
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I/did/my/best,/yes?
And/all/you/did/was/condemn.
It/is/how/I/am.
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I/am/in/the/dark.
All/of/you/made/me/come/here.
Pay/me/a/visit.
***
I/am/in/the/dark.
Atoning/for/my/ac/tions.
Hope/you/are/ha/ppy.
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We/live/in/this/world.
Mistakes/will/happen/but/still
We/all/heal/as/one.
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We/all/heal/as/one.
A/gain/we/all/heal/as/one.
We/all/heal/as/one.
***
Re/mem/ber/my/name.
I/am/the/man/in/the/dark.
Do/not/for/get/me.
For those who used their political influence to get tested for COVID-19 at a time when our healthcare system did not have enough to go on.
I wrote these haikus as continuous stanzas, comprising one long poem.
Read all of my COVID-19 poetry here.
Image by Yatheesh Gowda from Pixabay