Smash the Bells
by Margaret Ricketts (1969-2021)
Smash the bells,
They boardcast
Our failure to draw
Together.
Burn the masks.
MSNBC
CNN
The weary vigil
Zoom
The creeping,
Pressing longing
To be a body
Surronded by
Other bodies
Not a electronic
Contestant in a
Viral lottery.
Smash the bells.
Eyeore, a stuffed donkey, sitting in a chair wearing a surgical mask.
Margaret Ricketts believes that Zooglossia is one of the finest experiences of her life. She is riding out the pandemic in Berea, Kentucky, in the company of Jane Kenyon and Mary Oliver.