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The Virus
It multiplies in quantities of rabbit babies
Carries a bite more excruciating than rabies
It rots your heart and spoils your head
Possesses the strength to leave millions lying dead
It preys on the most unexpected of beings
Finding pleasure feasting upon our wellbeings
Spreads briskly like the wildest of California’s fires
It sparks up shortages and outages just like some wires
The subtle samurai that slays mankind
We acknowledge the conflict but pretend to be blind
Lacking fangs but boasting an appetite for my peers
It raises hell and forms societal fears
You may be able to outrun it, but only for so long
It’ll eventually catch you and prove itself strong
Shut down the world along with love and peace
Remains a mystery when this epidemic will cease
It’s more fearsome than any monster in the closet
Many attempts have been made to stop it
The virus of a storm lingering over the people
Intimidating like it's a reincarnation of the grim reaper
Assuming the virus in question is Covid, would be an inference incorrect
As hatred is the real virus with the most mutilating effect
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I intended this piece to be a large metaphor comparing the coronavirus to hatred. By using examples of shortages, societal fear, and making this "virus" seem like a monster attacking humanity, it could be interpreted as a poem about the damage the coronavirus pandemic has summoned upon the world. If it were not for the last two sentence stanza (which was meant to be only two sentences so it would stand out and flabbergast readers), many would assume that the connections to the effects caused by the coronavirus pandemic could also relate to the effects that hatred has on the world. Topics revolving around the theme of hatred signified in this piece are war, greed, competition, and how it affects everyone. More references mentioned in this piece are the fear hatred causes amongst people, and how common it is in the modern era.