rotting sickness stalks the fairy-tale land unknown unseen misunderstood mortal mounting deaths tallied by the minute hand a masque of darkness at an unmasked ball bugs on the wing us alone & apart scabbed sores abscess into new reckonings we breathe with our lungs but must feed our hearts knowledge and wisdom no longer wellsprings partisan politics trumping science business as usual public health be damned rejection of masks sign of defiance it will all disappear through sleight of hand is the real cure repentance for our sin of feeding the plague we keep deep within
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