Last year, after Thanksgiving, the turkey
and stuffing and all the fixings, I slept,
surrendered to a food coma, nothing
to worry about, sacked out on the couch,
yes, I was surrounded by family,
even if they were my girlfriend's cousins
and closest relations, they didn't care,
remember 2019, we stayed close
and had fun, went to work and threw parties,
for people we barely knew, big shindigs,
that was my job beside the box office,
everything went smoothly, for the most part,
remember 2019, we had fun.
Then, on the first of December, someone
had gotten sick, the first case, in China,
and nobody knew it was a big deal,
nobody thought to prepare for a storm,
kidding ourselves that it could never spread,
still, the public heard nothing from the news,
granted this happened before in China,
in November 2002, a bat
virus infects animals sold as food
in an open marketplace to people,
no one knows they're eating infected meat,
going viral takes on a new meaning,
that we ignore biosafety concerns,
however often, around the whole world,
ending human lives over and over,
that three Presidents have not prepared us,
undertaking other global concerns,
really should worry people to no end,
kidding ourselves like teenagers, the fun
ends when people die, unfortunately,
yes, we must act to safeguard the future.
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