Flatten the Curve

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Flatten the Curve

Flatten the curve,” they say to me.
“Or we’ll destroy humanity.
Don’t go to work. Don’t go to school.
Don’t go to church. The golden rule
Is wash our hands ten times an hour.
If someone coughs, go take a shower.
Buy toilet rolls for 15 years,
Enough to wipe a thousand rears.
Avoid first bumps, no human contact,
No Chinese food, no social contract.
Let’s watch the news and stoke our fear.
Assume that Armageddon’s here.
Impress our friends with expertise
On how to fight this dread disease.
Then hide out in our little house
With restless kids and nervous spouse.”

But as we lay us down to sleep,
Let’s pray the Lord our soul to keep.
Let us our worser angels flout,
And good ones fire the bad ones out.

 

by Rob Crisell