Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Shouting Out Disease - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

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https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/

poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

 

Shouting Out Disease

 

“I want no more thinking!”

 

-Henry II to his barons in Becket

 

Soap for washing hands is not Republican

Eyeglasses never claim to be Democrat

Toothbrushes cannot be Communist plots

Antibiotics are not Nazi schemes

 

A pressure bandage has no Socialist leanings

Shampoo is not an expression of Fascism

Antihistamines never speak of the Falange

And nose drops never sing “The East is Red”

 

But when the topic of the Covid comes up

The flags are unfurled and the chanting begins

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