ONCE, I COULD’VE THOUGHT UP A TITLE BY MARJORIE POWER

Losing her longtime friends, she has wept alone.
They’re still in this town but caught in a viral lie
that could reduce each to a bag of bones.
Losing her longtime friends, she has wept alone.
Newly arrived here I take her into my home.
I’m old and have known the deluded. Oh, did I try.
Losing her longtime friends, she has wept alone.
They’re still in this town but caught in a viral lie.