Short Inoculation Poems

huge uninviting
near fence post low to ground —
maddening hornets
            drive by shooting of spray can
            the window of victim’s steamed

12/16/2018...

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Well, I had my shots – also my booster,
And ain't been near afeared as I used-ter.
Wearin' a mask
Ain't no hard task.
Think old Doc Fauci is a true-bluester....

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Whatever mix of proteins poured
With that inoculation draught
Drunk by my vein, not thirsted for,
But sipped in the subtle rhythms
Of pulse beat, of embodiment,
Moulds to the clay that forms myself,
I know only shameful nothing,
And in my unproud ignorance
Is only a child’s solemn trust
In all that must be, for all good....

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Into the dark, twisting and turning, burning blood a plague's wording
words
mean
nothing

Protection against disease and yearning, a mystery in the mourning
She saw it so much 
it
means
nothing

Down the rabbit hole, six feet under a learning, their history in the morning
So waken the dead
it 
means
everything

Everything full circle, never been so boring, a realization so flooring
You 
are
inoculated...

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