Like night spreads out its wings
And cast its sway over the earth
You sneaked on us while we snored
On beds of doubt and fear and passivity
And on couches of ignorance
You turned our normal on its head
And flipped our routines
You came with neither gun nor bullets
Yet your fangs sank deep in our flesh
ripping the bones of your hapless hosts
To what do we owe this blessed visit
you ravaging scourge?
To hell or sin or global politrickal order?
Now that we are alert to the realness of your existence
And rooted in the know of your malicious intention
We resist you with avowed penitence
Seethed in our hearts and woven with words
of affirmation to appease Osonobua
We resist you with our faith rock strong
We resist you with religious rites of hygiene
and social distancing
We resist you and declare peace in all our land
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