I’m reading the Plague
I have been reading it for sometime now
right at the start of this whole Corona virus catastrophe
So many similarities between the story and now
Politicians who don’t want to tell the truth
Incompetent people in power
The constant fear of the plague
Or in our case a pandemic

On the cover of this book there is an eye
A human eye
Staring back at me
The Plague by Albert Camus
It might be Camus’s eye
Against a red background
It gives off the feeling of having the plague

I hope I don’t catch this virus
I just don’t want to go through all the *******
Going to the hospital
Having strangers look after you
Looking into your private life
I hate that ****
Plus dying would ****
I have kids to see grow up
Yeah, I gotta do that
The father thing
The father experience
But if I can’t
If I do succumb to this killer of lungs
I will do my best to have an honorable death
Hell, I’ll be scared shitless
**** I don’t want to get this thing
I still have a whole lot of life left in me
I just hope this itch in my throat is a head cold
Not the Plague