A villanelle for pandemic

[entanglingbriars]

Locked in quarantine, I see no way out
The lies wash away, the truth is so strange
Watch as the world tumbles into doubt

In my apartment, up high on a mount
Inside is still while outside all is change
Locked in quarantine, I see no way out

The economists know so much about
How the world lives on the stock exchange
Watch as the world tumbles into doubt

Across the world, all the way throughout
The idol of money starts to derange
Locked in quarantine, I see no way out

When it turns out we have to cast about
And solve problems it all seems to arrange
Watch as the world tumbles into doubt

And it all upends, it all is thrown out
Everything that they said could never change
Locked in quarantine, I see no way out
Watch as the world tumbles into doubt

Comments

[alexseanchai]

sounds about right

perfect choice of form for the subject matter, too