The virus surges,
and the death toll rises. Why
aren’t we doing more?
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pandemic year four
haiku for 1/2/2023
Tag: pandemic
the servers left behind
haiku for 11/3/2022
A restaurant can
only run short staffed for so
long before it fails.
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waiting in the er
haiku for 10/27/2022
Not enough staff but
plenty of patients sweating
it out for hours.
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ragin’ contagion
haiku for 10/3/2022
the last corona virgin
haiku for 8/27/2022
Get thee behind me,
COVID. You shall not cross this
masked face, these washed hands.
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monkeypox see, monkeypox do
haiku for 8/20/2022
We have already
weathered one pandemic, what’s
another disease?
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disease-free summer
haiku for 5/31/2022
Let’s hope the boosters,
masks and distancing pay off
in the next season.
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return to office
haiku for 4/18/2022
Taking the last 2
years of struggle and success
and forgetting them.
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the public in public health
haiku for 4/11/2022
staffing shortages and other delights
haiku for 3/31/2022
Every time I ask
for “no mayo,” the sandwich
arrives with mayo.
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