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Viral Lament

By David Baehren, MD, FACEP | on May 19, 2020 | 0 Comment
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Malaise the herald and conniver
Assured ’tis sleep adrift to woes
Then fire barks the clarion for her

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ACEP Now: Vol 39 – No 05 – May 2020

Decree of distance, isolation
Dread of hunger of a breath
Frenzy seizes all the nation

Veils conceal furrowed guise
Ephemeral robes the novel shield
Fissured hands afflict the wise

Covert demons menace me
Roused or visions in the night
Ransom pay for me to see

Frail are taken with precision
Works of scholars insufficient
Humbled by our finite vision


Dr. Baehren is an emergency physician and author of the novel Dog in the Road.

Topics: coronavirusCOVID-19Poem

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