Mask

The original
Mask of the red
Death is Poe’s view
Of hubris in Prospero,
Prince hiding from plague
Dancing across seven rooms
In his sanctuary Abby but even
Prospero wore his mask when
He met the red death victim
Perhaps a foreshadowing
Of the red states come
November when they
Confront the plague
Victims’ anger at a
Prince’s chaotic
Mismanaging
Of pandemic
Proportions
No mystery
Just poor
Planning,
The old
Fish
Stinks
From the old
Head masquerader.