We will try anything
To defeat this virus
Wear masks
To stop it in its tracks
Not wear masks
So that
The doctors fighting on our behalf
Can use them
Hijack others’ shipments
Of masks
To our country
Bang pots and pans
To chase it away
Pool all our efforts to
Develop a cure
Compete with others
To develop the first cure
The first vaccine
Use cures for other diseases
To see what happens
Hope that the vaccine
For another disease
Will mitigate the effects
Of this virus
Light lamps
To dispel the darkness
Pray to God
Allah-hu-Akbar
But not in a group
Pay a pied piper
To lead the virus away
But it may be
That in the end
We will have to accept
That human and virus
Will cohabit this earth
Which is for both
Our Only Home