Margaret Keenan

when Margaret Keenan took the first vaccine
I was 6000 miles away
invisible dangers in the wind blown weather
of an otherwise typical Tuesday

governor’s orders on the home front
no movies, bars nor restaurants
masks and shields 6 feet apart
everybody has to do their part

Margaret Keenan was 90 years old
when she rolled up her sleeve
“this won’t hurt,” “I know it won’t”
and she began to breath

and we all breathed with her
all of us at once
we’d been holdin’ breath
for 9 long months

Margaret Keenan is from Enniskillen
up on Ireland’s isle
“if I can do it so can you”
she said it with a smile

“if I can do it so can you”
she said it with a smile