online covid collaboration, drum track by William Goldsmith

The sound of empty buildings Screeching down bottomless streets Bats in belfries that no longer ring Laughter and fires on a darkened beach Empty the jail cells No police in the streets Storms in the capitol InSecurity breach The futures a wave length Helix corrupt Virus disease Economy disrupt Darken the days and burnout the nights Close all the clubs and turn out the lights Silent the stages and vacant the map Dates on a page Vacuum in a flame Acumen deranged In the embers of sane Syringe in the arm and litters the street Injection insurrection so bitter sweet End Burn the governors mansion Fire the cheif Recall the mayor stimulus relief Protest their houses equality belief Epidemic pandemic disease Defund the police Peace meals Pernicious Lets end the Fleece You can Trust us No justice no peace Ashes of cop cars Cover downtown concrete Deny the reporters Abandoned prescient Its a beginning but still incomplete Lets burn it down its all the same to me Tears for the sick and tears for the dead