In these strange times
I do as I’m told and
I’m not so bold as to
question the social order.
But still I wonder,
yes I ponder, about the
limits of control and
what this contract is
that I’ve signed with
the society that calls
me one of its own.
What have they taken
and what is given in return?
Is it freedom to be healthy
or is it healthy freedom?
I cannot tear up my contact
for it is binding until death;
so here I am—a citizen held
in this state of liberty that
is no liberty state at all.
7/7/2020