how many waves

fear fear fear

will you swallow
before you drown
in isolation

avoid the sun
the unavoidable
microscopic

you claim to love diversity

do you really ...

do you understand
it does not end
with the minute

fear fear fear

hide under
your bed

with the dust bunnies
carnivorously fanged
Angora-clad rodents

bubonic or pneumatic
hard to tell
until you sneeze

it's just allergies

really ...

tell that to the masked mob

who know that you know
nothing about science

what's that

you know the difference
between a nanometer
and micrometer ...

how water works

savage

facebook told them
you hate grandma too

I talked to your Nana
she sure is depressed
dying alone and afraid
malnourished on a diet
of prison gruel

her last Christmas
spent in her cell
zoomless

either way
these yarns
needle and knit
a billion-dollar
sweater vest

I'll hermetically
seal
the bill

it's on your tab

you should have spent
more wisely

YOU ... Me

could have
healed
the world

instead

fear fear fear
is now airborne
and the running tally
endless

fear fear fear ... fear fear fear... fear fear fear

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