And No Doubt

No matter how many
People will die today
Or did die yesterday,

Any in town, any
In your vicinity,
Any you love or are

Yourself—the remainder
Will keep trying to live,
Will narrate their escapes

To each other, will fret
About what the world wants
From them, what fate and gods

Planned in advance for them.
Somehow, they must get out,
Go on, somehow, get out.