Ed Meek  

Somerville, MA. USA

 

Ed Meek’s fourth book of poems, High Tide, is coming out this summer. He has had poems in the Paris Review, the Sun, The Galway Review, etc.

 

 

Poem completed 4th May, 2020.

 

 

Bivouac

 

--Trump Declares War on Virus 

 

 

Sometimes the foxhole

Feels comfy. Pass

The chocolate bar please.

We’re army buds now.

You’ve got my back

And I’ve got yours.

 

At base camp

We divide duties:

I cook and you clean.

You wash and I fold.

Mid-day we walk

The perimeter.

 

We keep our distance

From strangers.

No telling

Friend from foe.

We know someday

This war will end

And only then

Will we give the dead

A proper mourning.

We still need

To get some sleep.

Not easy when ghosts

Of the plague

Invade our dreams.