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Year End Thoughts

Kamal (Perfection), 2 Qawl (Speech) 177 B.E. - Monday, November 23, 2020

Twenty-twenty draws to an end--
it's the year hasn't been a friend,
the year of the coronavirus pandemic,
and the year humanity realized
that racism is an epidemic.

"Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it."
Elia Kazan

Twenty-twenty the year
of toilet paper hysteria,
when masks symbolized
both protection and fear.