One World Infected
by Julene Tripp Weaver
Disease does not discriminate
it enters old, young, the
wild dancers, the soldier,
those sitting for portraits.
Any new virus lived peacefully
inside an animal for decades,
centuries, cohabitated within
boundaries, till messed with
by man, ever progressing—
the way of things—futile
to get somewhere, progress
of our eternal wanderings.
The quest for mask and presence
how we show up in our time
zone, some of us raised to
sculpture, installed in museums
or in a park. We’ve yet to
understand how we collapse
into each other in moments
of crisis, how our need joins us.
Writers Bio
Julene Tripp Weaver is a psychotherapist and writer in Seattle. She has a chapbook and two full size poetry books. Her most recent, truth be bold—Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS, was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, and won the Bisexual Book Award. Her work is widely published in journals and anthologies, a few include: The Seattle Review of Books, HIV Here & Now, Mad Swirl, Stonewall Legacy Anthology and Day Without Art Special 30 Year Edition. More of her work can be found at www.julenetrippweaver.com
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