The Chinese have it that
When a blade of grass is plucked
The earth moves
Modern scientific minds
Smile knowingly
Speak of Newton’s Action and Reaction
And say, Yes, yes it moves
But by an immeasurably small distance
What is the weight of the virus, I wonder
What the weight of a viral load
Surely, less than a blade of grass
Surely, an immeasurably small number
Yet
When the pangolin sneezed
The whole world ground to a halt
Action and Reaction: Equal and Opposite?
Not on your life!