The omicron variant of COVID-19 is highly contagious and has caused a huge spike in case numbers. That was the inspiration of this Typewriter Rodeo poem.
A Deviant Variant Indeed
my little omie, my omie cron
you’re so promiscuous, spread hither and yon
mouth to mouth, nose to nose
barely caring who you chose
to get with next, invade, infect
in fact, i’m beginning to suspect
that one mucus membrane’s the same as another
to this virus that calls our very cells mother
each nasal tract a new abode
a place to drop its viral load
so i vax up, to try to protect me
hoping that the big C-19 won’t select me
and i mask up, so i’ll protect you
in case all unknowing i’ve caught a case too
cuz this virus is nasty, in effect and in action
it doesn’t care where it achieves satisfaction
so let’s be, to the greatest degree, inhospitable
and prove this damn thing, though it’s sly,
still outwittable
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