Coronavirus is spreading, it seems
I wonder if a pandemic is on
Can't recall in my lifetime such a scene
Though mumps, measles and chickenpox when young
Were rife, I caught them. Inoculation
Against German measles and polio
Were administered at school or within
The local clinic. Not so long ago
Before that, they were also on the go
TB and rickets were nightmarish dreams
Of the recent past, and when I was born
The thalydomide scandal brought ruin to
My peers born at that time. New unseen germs
Still without antidote float on, airborne
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