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Last time Donald ascended the throne we got Covid
for our trouble. Slept in after the Super Bowl,
spread gain-of-function throughout the nation. The howl
for and against masks, quarantines! Even Ovid
would have had trouble keeping up with variants
metamorphosing like Kafka’s ID crisis
(of course, Rilke had crossdressing experience).
Trump said the Chinese did it, and some said Isis.
Miracle vaccines appeared like never before,
ol’ Warp Speed emergency authorization —
Big Pharma a windfall laughing Fellinii whore —
Google protecting against disinformation.
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