Plague Poems on Nostr: Upon hearing that last week was the third in a row in which the virus claimed more ...

Upon hearing that last week
was the third in a row
in which the virus claimed
more than a thousand lives
it may be tempting to take this
as a sign
that we are in for a bad fall
but what is a third week
of so many deaths
if not proof
that this society
fell to the virus long ago.