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Out of the Bottle

When states start to follow the model Of moving ahead at full throttle Their cases will spike And to stop them is like Getting genies back into a bottle. For to follow a long quarantine, Seeing people just up on a screen, Being out and about Plants the seed of a doubt We’re at risk ‘til they find a vaccine. So to many, it’s too much to ask That they distance and keep on a mask. Oh, the future looks bleak When we hear Fauci speak Of the fools whom we should take to task.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020




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Date: 7/4/2020 3:24:00 PM
Oh yes, you're right with these limericks, Ilene. The only problem, and it's unilateral, is that Trump doesn't make mistakes, in words or deeds. Isn't that reassuring??? / M
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Date: 7/3/2020 6:30:00 AM
"getting genies back in the bottle" is going to be so easy for the magician. Ha!
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Date: 7/2/2020 11:59:00 PM
I'd love to see our nation be as one / to show our politicians how it's done.
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Date: 7/2/2020 7:09:00 PM
You are right --- on the other hand, I guess these people's LIVES DON'T MATTER to them if they won't take simple, sensible precautions, genie or no genie. Thanks, Ilene. :) gw
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Date: 7/2/2020 3:33:00 PM
The genie is well and truly out of the bottle, just watching a report how cruise ships were going around the world spreading the virus, UK was one of the worst for not shutting down in time, the economy before people.A second wave is becoming a reality, didn't they learn anything from swine flu, stars and the Spanish flu , obviously not. Rant over, stay safe. Tom
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Date: 7/2/2020 1:21:00 PM
As long as the USA has COVIDIOT-1, a loser who insists pandemics will just go away, the spikes will soar! His entourage have spread the virus coast-to-coast, and he wants to put the blame on China, rather than accept responsibility for his own stupidity! Remember when he said summer heat would kill it? Keep your grandchildren safe! Aloha! Rico
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Date: 7/2/2020 12:26:00 PM
Hi Ilene, clearly expressed So true-the second wave could be worse than the first- now the swine flu part II is next bats-pigs-flying pigs? thanks China
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