Flatten the Curve - Hilton Obenzinger

How heroic are the grocery clerks
And the fast-fry cooks
And the priests wandering through empty churches
How courageous are the UPS drivers who risk their lives
How stoic are the cashiers and bus drivers
And there is no way to thank them all
All will be well once we unbend the horizon
I weep when I see a happy baby
Blissful and unaware that the Angel of Death
Is trying to erase the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
How tender are the smiles of life
How wonderful the professional calm of nurses
How sublime the persistence of doctors
How moving the faces of anxious waiting
How close we are in our distance
I want to use big words for such big feelings
But the words keep getting smaller and smaller
Flatten the curve and rise up

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