When the lion emerged from the quarantine, he sidled up next to the lamb.

They had lunch together.

This happened before its time, contrary to Messianic prognostications.

Some say it was a hoax.
Some say it was a miracle.
Some say the vaccine.

Hard to know the truth these days.

Linda Vigen Phillips’ poems have appeared in The Texas Review, California Quarterly, NC Poetry Society Award Winning Poems 2001, Wellspring, Main Street Rag, Independence Boulevard, and The Whole Idea. She has published two young adult novels in verse: Crazy and Behind These Hands. She lives in Charlotte, NC.