close up photo of a person pouring mixture on a tube

Pandemic Haiku

Man walks on stage, thinks: 
Time to shake up the 'test tubes'! 
"....There is a new strain..." 
I have spent two years - 
Shaken up and reacting
I am now inert.
Behind mask, rictus
Smile fixed spasm - no joy:
Still I pull it on

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