When people tell me
that they believe
the experience
of this pandemic
has broken everyone,
I wonder if they mean
that being asked
to help each other
broke everyone,
or if they mean
the recognition
that this request
was too much to ask
broke everyone.
By now
you have probably heard
that “Long COVID
potentially affects
nearly 6 million children
in the US,”
so even though
you have probably heard
that “the kids are alright,”
you must understand
that the kids really aren’t alright,
but then again
neither are the rest of us.
People keep telling me
that they were willing
to take precautions
during the pandemic,
and so I keep replying
that is also why
I am still willing
to take precautions now.
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Plague Poems – The Three-Hundred-and-Nineteenth-Week
As the week begins I often wonder how it is that all of us just keep going to work when everything is falling apart. And as the week begins I often wonder if part of the reason why everything is fa…
I have heard that the symptoms
of the “mysterious”
new Covid variant include:
fever and shortness of breath,
fatigue and body aches,
loss of smell and razor blade throat;
however, another symptom
to watch out for
is people insisting
they’re just “mysteriously” ill.
My friend, the sci-fi fan,
told me her theory
for why things are so bad
is that we are trapped
in a simulation,
which is why she regularly states
“computer, end program,”
alas, issuing that command
hasn’t worked for her,
but perhaps if you try it
it will work for you.
Whenever my colleague
sees anything
about AI
he loudly says he can’t wait
for the bubble to burst.
And whenever my colleague
sees anyone
wearing a mask
he suddenly gets quiet
as if his bubble’s been burst.
I know that I should be worried
by the news that
“CDC won’t publish report
showing covid shots
cut likelihood of hospital visits,”
and yet I can’t help but think
that the CDC’s refusal
has just meant
that even more people
are learning
about the report’s findings.
As the war continues
the world’s largest maker
of condoms
has announced that they
are significantly raising prices
due to material shortages,
which, at risk of being crude,
is bad fucking news.
According to a new report:
“More than 150 million people
across the U.S.,
including nearly half
the nation’s children,
live in areas
affected by harmful levels
of air pollution,“
so now you have
yet another reason
to keep wearing a mask
and using an air purifier.
Listen: on Earth Day
(especially on Earth Day)
you must understand
that it is not
that the world
is ending,
but that the world
as we knew it
has already ended.
