My aunt, the doctor,
told me a new joke.
She asked:

Why do they call
the BA.3.2. Covid variant
“Cicada”?

I said I did not know.
So she replied:

Because being in
this pandemic’s 7th year
makes you want to go outside
and scream.

And then, neither of us laughed.

@plaguepoems

I see the truth of it...