Weighing The Balance

Messengers

took months

to tell them he's dead;

No longer.

Outside

enjoyed infinite

skipping, playing;

No longer.

The plague

killed millions

zillions massacred;

No longer.

Cloth-making

took thousands

who had jobs, got paid;

No longer.

Is it worth is?

They ask.

Don't ask me-

I use those hospitals.

Ask him-

he has no job,

mo money,

he can't.