#87 - nothing to sneeze about

27.3.20

87

nothing to sneeze about

exponential poem

you wouldn’t murder your old granny in her bed

or anyone else’s for that matter

you wouldn’t smother a baby with a pillow

in ordinary circumstances

take tissues from a terrible cough

or a bum that needs wiping

you wouldn’t go into a crowded mall

and open fire indiscriminately with a semi-automatic weapon

you’d never turn off someone’s life support system

(unless they’d specified when and under what circumstances

and you’d agreed reluctantly earlier on)

it is true sometimes you’re hot

and you might take my breath away from time to time

you might give me fever now and then

but you wouldn’t use germ warfare

just to win an argument

you wouldn’t play Russian roulette for kicks

or make yourself a mummy in one of those dolls

you wouldn’t start up your own zombie apocalypse

wouldn’t want poxy zombie breath

you’d always clean your teeth

you wouldn’t put children out on the street

take crumbs from their starving mouths

you wouldn’t vote to end the economy

or curb the human species

(well, maybe you would)

if you wanted to top yourself

you’d think up something pleasanter

but anyway

I think you can see where this is going

you’re not a complete evil shit are you?

so don’t touch every bloody thing

and wash your hands after

stay the fuck home

don’t catch COVID 19

do not pass it on!