To the bat man, I wish I could blame you for this. Sure, you were the catalyst. It was your body that metabolized the chicken that ate the bat that ate the corn that harvested the virus (or some other serpentine account of what should have been a meaningless coincidence). But implicating you for infecting thousands is like blaming the planes for destroying the Twin Towers. While the catastrophic intention was not found in the wet market, (as it was in Iraq), the effect produced is identical. Except, Bat Man, In our case there is no embrace, no hand holding or unification, this time our country will not come together in an attempt to fight back against the invasion. This virus has not only spread it’s microbes, It has spread us apart. You, in your mask, Us, in ours. Ensuring that no contact, however diminutive, takes place between your victims. Your body became a host for a microscopic ger
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