Until Further Notice Poem by Benjamin Chiu Uy

Until Further Notice

What keep me alive
from a distance,

Thriving,
Suspiciously,
anonymously.
among the roots
of the invisible people,

this breathing,
asymptomatic
clarityas a marked
identity,

part incubation,
part process,
part written,

Deserving this
condemned life,

when dark
is brewing
omminously descending,
one unstable thing

one fatal carcinogen,
fatal bullet,
one viral infection,

as this breathing community
of hopeful Christians,

beyond big brother's shoulder
unknown prowling strangers,

We are consorting, cavorting
as a masquerade party,
as this animal
kingdom of life,

Before leaving
until further notice,
after harm,
we aresaying goodbye.