Pass it around,
Cross your fingers.
Someone else’s problem now.

Infectious disease,
Spread by touch.
Intimacy is dangerous.

Connections unsafe,
Suspicious of people.
Keep distance for survival.

Stigmatize a target,
Give them a burden.
Healthcare nonexistent.

Virus keeps flowing,
Mutating in bodies.
Transforming ever deadlier.

Traumatic stain,
Cough it up.
Dispose of it properly.

Heal on your own,
Don’t give it to others.
The buck stops with you.