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May 2020
They came,
They mutated,
Antigenic shift from birds and animals to humans
By droplets, air, touching surfaces and *****- oral route.
They were the greatest warriors causing pandemic and endemic on Earth
The likes of  The Plague, Black Death,Spanish Flu  Swine Flu,
Mers-CoV, SARS ,  and Ebola,
Like the measles all stayed and never went away,
They  love their Hosts; the Humans,
A unique being in existence,
Apart from all life on Earth.
They love their complex languages,
Chatter, Chatter Chatter,
All day long- musical,
The delicious food they have,
So many varieties,
Especially the Asians,
They eat everything even wild animals,
Their thoughts  and abilities!
***!
Lastly their emotions,
Colourful like sunrise and sunset.
Who would want to leave such beautiful warm hosts,
It is awesome inside the Humans,
Especially when they are unhygienic,
Not to forget smoking and drinking.
The viruses  becomes hyper and contagious,
Causing sickness and deaths,
Until man learned to control them by finding vaccinations.
All was well,
Man went on with his life becoming arrogant,
He abused Nature that gave him life,
So the warriors invited Covid-19
to come,
Each one donating one of their strains to Covid.
It is strong like Godzilla,
Powerful and spreads fast like Superman,
It is chaotic affecting the respiratory tract, the kidneys,brain, heart and digestive tract too.
It loves the old, the sick, the obese and the unhygienic,
It pounces on humans as easy game.
It has lockedown and quarantined Man
It has destroyed the economy,
And shaken the Governments.
By caging humans it has given new life to nature,
It is a special agent sent to make humans realize their mistakes,
Before finding a vaccination I hope man wakes up.
Health is more important than nuclear weapons or space search.
30/5/2020
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Written by
Salmabanu Hatim  72/F/Tanzania
(72/F/Tanzania)   
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