Virus Roulette

This poem is rather grim, but it attempts to capture the random nature of how the virus works. We can all help mitigate it via different layers of protection - mask wearing, social distancing, lateral flow, vaccines - but there is still a random element which leaves some dead, and some barely touched. There's also a nod to Ecclesiastes and a well known song by the Byrds.

Virus Roulette

Turn the virus barrel, click, click, click
Russian roulette and a random death
Some are fine, others are very sick
Press the trigger, hold your breath

Turn the virus barrel, click, click, click
Government response: strongly advise
As if that would really do the trick
As Omicron numbers rapidly rise

Turn the virus barrel, click, click, click
Third vaccination is our one best shot
Not enough time to be so quick
Already preparing the funeral plot

This is the season of the virus yule
Turn, turn, turn, the barrel rule