Who knew that investing in protective face mask manufacturing would be as profitable as investing in pharmaceuticals 🙂 Along the Danforth nearly every nail salon, dry cleaners, ethnic grocery store, tailor, corner store even takes outs are selling them – some making them or claiming to or that their masks are locally made. I’m waiting all those charities that send me endless unasked for Christmas cards to start sending masks.
The range of styles, fabrics, patterns & layers has certainly increased so one is longer ‘stuck’ with black accordions. Some are fixed ear loop, some adjustable, some head loop. I prefer the ear loop, for now. I’ve bought masks locally, ordered them on line, even from Amazon & most have been good. The Old Navy was a good price but some turned out to be single layer – so I have to add my own extra layers.
DIOP has a great, African print selection if you are daring. (https://weardiop.com/). Afrisocks also makes great bold masks. (https://afrisocks.com/) Rather than, as some feel, being the latest in mass control, the mask can become another way of self-expression. Besides offering mutual protection from covid they will also cut down on the spread of colds & flus – which may affect the the sales of NeoCitron 🙂
I’ve started posting a Facebook pic each day of the mask I’ll be wearing (if needed) that day along with where I bought the mask. I am powerless over this virus, over the way anti-maskers & such choose to deal with it, but that doesn’t mean even when wearing a mask I have to mask my personality 🙂
Mask of the Breath Death
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perched above the city
from Prospero’s castle tower
the vast sea of lights
spun in endless eddies
cloudless night sky
the naked face of the moon
was the one we all looked to
the moon didn’t breathe
as it rose in our dreams
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the movie panic
didn’t materialize
beyond a few shoving matches
over toilet paper
there was no riotous looting
at least not because of breath death
the civil war continued
only now with masks
of white yellow orange,
blue violet or black
a legal requirement
shooting one another
was taken for-granted
breathing on one another
was criminalized
lungs were weaponized
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Prospero chose to be unmasked
even though to hold your breath
was more vital than
hold your fire
as the his guests arrived
they were forced
to shed their masks
to greet their host
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he retired to his tower
while they were fast tested
only the negative
could continue deeper
into the protected chambers
those that couldn’t afford
to be safe
didn’t deserve
his breath death
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