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POETRY IN THE PLAGUE YEAR

Poems written during the Coronavirus Outbreak 2020

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Patrick Evans

Brighton, United Kingdom

 

Patrick Evans is a Canadian writer and journalist living in the UK. His work has been published in anthologies including Krampusnacht: Twelve Nights of Krampus, and Rattle Tales 4.

 

Poem written April 2, 2020

 

VIRUS SCRUB

I wash my hands for 20 seconds

but hold out little hope.

For between this wash and the one to come

who comes to wash my soap?