Quandary
How should one respond
when an outspoken
community member
dead set
and vocal
against masks
and tracking-juice vaccines
because the virus
is a “huge farce” –
and just in case
it’s not, he went ahead
and injected that
household disinfectant
in his veins
like some genius
suggested –
gets it
and is near death
and probably going to
exit stage left
leaving his wife and two
kids with sky-high
hospital bills
two months later?
Does one contribute
a box of masks in his memory?
or offer fresh-baked cookies
to those in line to get the shot?
Because these responses
and that Go Fund Me page
someone set up for him all
seem like things
he would not want
to have holding him
in silent agreement
with a virus that
he adamantly proclaimed
doesn’t exist.
Asking for a friend in a quandary
who believes “I told you so”
isn’t quite appropriate here either.
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