Sans telephones, sans everything we use
To stay connected, stave off boredom, set
A limit to the impact of the news
(As well as hear the news itself, of course).
Imagine doing this alone. And then
Remember medicine. Conceive the force
With which plagues hit, and glorify again
The depth of what we've faced. Do not pretend
The world was isolated in the past:
Ships sailed, roads ran from end to end
Of continents. They died. But we can last
If we embrace what we have learned and made
(Though even so we ought to be afraid).
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