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They are Disinfecting Venice
I have been trying to find out; no one will tell me the truth; they are disinfecting Venice. Do you know why?
-Death in Venice
We live on islands in the virus-time Shored in by disease and uncertainty Waves of uncertainty, rumor, and fear The deaths of friends bumping against us at night
Delivery trucks are our vaporetti Ferrying our supplies across the Styx That separates our then away from now With imaginings outsourced from Lethe.com
They are burning stimulus checks in the streets To disinfect us against reality