The Ballad of a Crisis Denier

This is the tale of a woman--

One who thought she knew best.

Social media allowed her

To get a few things off her chest.

 

COVID-19, she claimed,

Was merely a media hoax

Created by “radical people”

To hoodwink all of us folks.

 

She called it "socialistic.”

Moreover, she said it had

The trappings of an effort

To make her dear leader look bad.

 

We DON'T need hand sanitizer

Or rolls of TP by the tons.

What we need, she insisted,

Are "faith” and "fight” and "guns."

 

At the time she expressed her feelings,

What was unforeseen,

Was that a couple weeks later,

She'd die from COVID-19.

 

Had she but listened to experts

Instead of to nitwits and fools,

Maybe she'd be here today.

She should have been following rules.

 

Not to disparage her faith,

But somehow it didn't prevent

The woman from catching the virus

To such a deadly extent.

 

Would SHE have abandoned her faith

And her weapons? Probably neither.

But one thing we know for certain:

Her guns didn't help her, either.

 

The lesson we learn from her story

Is one that is NOT hard to miss:

Fools are not to be trusted,

For ignorance isn't bliss.

 

-by Bob B (4-7-20)

Reviews

[Rhayne]

Hi Bob, I've not been on the site for a few months now and just sat down and decided to check in. Immediately, I thought of you and how much I like reading your stuff. I had just finished back-tracking and reading all the posts I had missed that are still there and I knew I wouldn't be disappointed. I laughed, I giggled and praised your truth right along with you. You are amazing with words and what I would give to have that talent. And then I read this one------and the giggle and laugh wasn't there. Hardcore truth sometimes saddens the heart. Ignorance can sometimes be innocent and sometimes just blind stupidity. I'm sure this poor woman isn't the only one befallen and will certainly not be the last. I feel that God is sending a message and those of us who have our eyes and ears open know it. This woman and many, many others like her can't see the forest for the trees. Keep writing your wonderful thoughts and opinions. I know I'm not the only one who appreciates them. Wishing you and yours a safe and healthy life.

[Bob B]

Thanks for your interest and your support. I wanted to focus on the seriousness of the matter with this poem. Ignorance is not what we need in times like these especially, for it can have disastrous consequences, as we can see. I wish the woman had put her faith in doctors, nurses, researchers, scientists, and honest politicians.
Stay well.