Texas is implementing a targeted strike against mosquito breeding grounds to keep the Zika Virus at bay. That was the inspiration for Typewriter Rodeo’s Kari Anne Roy as she wrote this week’s poem.
Zika Virus
so many things
are shared across cultures
food
fashion
politics
scandal
and always…
viruses
yes, the lovely calling cards
of a global society
flitting on the breeze
with every sneeze
coursing through our veins
only to be sweated out
excreted in some gross way
and passed on
a love letter?
from the airport
from that journey through the rainforest
so watch out
be careful
embrace the deet
and maybe erect a Lysol wall
around this global beast.
