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Previous articleNext article FreeCovidityCharles BernsteinCharles Bernstein Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMore24 April 2020The covid gonna get meIf not now, it willThe covid gonna kill meFind me where I liveBuried under coversSheltered in the hallTrading goodbyes to all my friendsThrough goddamn 15-foot wallsThe covid’ll get meGet me badMy lungs are weakAnd I am much misunderstoodI practice social distanceEven got an oversize maskFeel like the Lone RangerJust before he got the clapThe covid going to find meIf not today, in timeThe covid after meFind exactly where I amCall it social distanceI call it pain in the soulYou say I can handle itBut it’s too heavy a loadThe covid ’round the corner’ll thrash me till I blueBut that’s not my worryTerrified for youYou’ve always been distantBut not from meNow I feel you driftingLike you’re far out at seaThe covid gonna get meIf not now, any dayThe covid got my numberKnows just where I stayYou say I’ll manage social distanceThat I can make it workBut if I’m distant from youI’m sunk before I swumThe covid gonna get meIf not now, soonThe covid has me up all nightFighting ’gainst all this gloomToo much death surroundingI darn near given upKeep calling on the telephoneBut you’re hung up on SkypeThe covid comingSure to get us goodOur lungs are weakAnd we are much misunderstoodNotesCharles Bernstein is the Donald T. Regan Professor emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Previous articleNext article DetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Critical Inquiry Volume 47, Number S2Winter 2021Posts from the PandemicEdited by Hank Scotch Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/711443 Views: 1008 Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref © 2021 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:W. J. T. Mitchell Groundhog Day and the Epoché, Critical Inquiry 47, no.S2S2 (Dec 2020): S95–S99.https://doi.org/10.1086/711447
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