Pandemics of Hatred

Herded into a small city sector like sardines into a tin can; Encased by constructing surrounding walls so they cannot get out again; Imprisoned in their home country for the crime of being Jew; The history of the Warsaw ghetto is tragic, but it’s true. A pandemic of hatred for people who share a common creed Requires vitriol fed to the masses for it to multiply and breed; You would have thought lessons learned from a history that is not so far behind Would make it impossible for this virus, enough hosts for it to find. Yet, in this country we think superior to all other countries in the world The illness has returned; fed by political banter it now builds; History forgotten repeats itself, the wise men often say; I had hoped I’d never live to see another pandemic like this in my day.