If I get it
I will die
This visceral fear
Has infected people
So villages barricade themselves
Against outsiders
And doctors are chased
Out of their homes
That you may have it
And not show symptoms
Seems strange
But is apparently true
In which case
All your testing
Doesn’t count for much
And if you throw in
Inaccurate testing
Fearful doctors and
False positives
Then the only thing that works
Is to assume that
Everyone else has it
Except me
So I must be careful
Or of course
No one else has it
Except me
So I must be careful