The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
has confirmed
the first case of Ebola
diagnosed in a man
who flew from Liberia to Texas.
Keeping calm and carrying on
when thousands have died
an ocean away
is not a callous reaction
but a necessary one
as a country rich in technology
and invisible luxuries like immediacy
looks across it
to see what it can learn.
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
