Ken Dryden has written a poem about the brutal relentlessness of COVID-19. The former federal cabinet minister, NHL legend and author said he wrote it last week, after much thought. It captures our apparent powerlessness in this most unnerving of moments:For all of us who don’t knowWe can read what we want to readBelieve what we want to believeHope what we want to hopeSay what we want to sayEloquently, beautifully, compellingly, persuasivelyPresidents, prime ministers, dictatorsWe can blog, tweet, post, proclaimReach thousands, millionsWe can want what we wantDo what we wantCOVID-19 is not impressed.

Source: National Post March 31, 2020 15:22 UTC