RELICS

 

RELICS

A sign by the tree on Queens Boulevard

Indicating the subway closing 

From 2 AM to 4 AM for cleaning 

Is out of date

Now the subway is back to running

Twenty-fours 

Perhaps one day not too far away

We will find more and more relics

Of a time when the routines we

All rely on disappeared

Normal became abnormal 

What will we make of these relics?

Will we want to keep them as souvenirs

Of a difficult period that has passed?

Or as reminders of what's possible

If we are not vigilant?

Or will we just want to throw them away

And forget the whole nightmare ever happened?