Plague Poems on Nostr: As we stood in line at the pharmacy the man behind me began to ask why I was wearing ...

As we stood in line
at the pharmacy
the man behind me
began to ask
why I was wearing a mask
but before he could finish
asking the question
he was overcome
by a coughing fit,
and though I wanted to say
“that’s why I’m masked,”
instead I just told him
he could go ahead of me.