“Ping Pong” ... A Poem written by Big Virge 6/8/2020

Now When I Was Young ...
Athletic And Strong ...
I Really Did Love ...
A Good Game of Ping Pong ... !!!
 
Or That’s Right Table Tennis ... !!!
 
But I Say This To Preface ...
This ... Poetic Message ...
 
Do I Need A PING ...
To Say I’m Infectious ... !!!
 
Pings That Now STING ...
Like This Corona Menace ... !!!
 
That Now Will Send Endless ...
PINGS That Now PONG ...
When Their Message Is WRONG ...
 
I Mean What’s Going On ... ?!?  
 
Do All These Pings Belong ...
In A World Where It’s Said ...
That We’re Now Seeing Less ...
of This Need To Inject ...
Or A Need To Prolong ...
 
Distancing Measures ...
As Lockdowns Are Lessened ...
Because of A Drop ...  
In The Rate of Infections ... ?!?
 
And Because of These Apps ...
That Can Chart And Can Map ...
Infections BEFORE ...
You Know That You’ve Caught ... !?!
 
A Variant Form ...
of This Corona Force ... !?!
 
Have The Tables Now Turned ...
So Corona Gets Burned ...
And No Longer Fills Urns ... ?!?
 
Or Are We Being Served ...
A Whole Load of Spin ...
About All of These PINGS ... !?!
 
When PM’s REFUSE ...
To Start ... Isolating ... ?!?
 
Because I’m Confused ...
By Reports In The News ... ?!?
 
Where Their Tables Now Show ...
That Corona Has Slowed ...
Because These Pings Know ...
Where It Is ... People Go ...
 
Because of Our Phones ... !!!
 
And Now Know Who It Is ...
We’ve Been In Contact With ...
So Can Trace Virus Strains ...
That Are In People’s Veins ...
 
Doesn’t It Seem Insane ... ?!?
That We Have Track And Trace ...
... All Over The Place ... !!!
 
But STILL Have To Wear Masks ...
To ... COVER Our Face ... ?!?  
 
Or Okay Yes ... Our Mouths ... !!!
 
Does The Logic Seem Sound ...
Profound And Thought Out ... ?!?
 
Or Something Thrown Around ...
Just Like Circus Clowns ...
To Keep People Tied Down ...
Controlled And Now Bound ...
Like Some Kind of Bad Hound ... ?
 
Are All These Pings CORRECT ...  
Or A Way To DIRECT ...
People To ... INJECT ... ?!?
 
Because of The THREAT ...
of A Quarantine Bed ...
Or Being ... Jobless ... !?!
 
Because of A PING ...
That Tells You To Stay ...
AWAY From Working ...
And Earning A Wage ...
 
The Table’s Not Straight ...
Like These Government Names ...
And Their Government Games ...
 
Are We All Being Played ...
And FORCED To Vaccinate ... ?!?
 
Because of These PINGS ... !!!
 
Surely Something Must Give ...
In People’s Thinking ... ?!?
 
When Tech Like This Gives ...
Us ... BAD Messages ... !!!
That Claim To Predict ...
When We Will Become Sick ...  
 
It’s A Form of Sickness ...
That Clearly Is Linked ...
To Making Us Live ...
In A World That RESTRICTS ...
Because of These Pings ... !?!
 
That Come From Our Phones ... ?
Cos’ It ISN'T A Joke ...
To Be Told Stay At Home ...
By An App That Now Tracks ...
And Apparently Can ...
 
Diagnose Better Than ...
These People In Labs ... !?!
 
Who Still Don’t Seem Sure ...
of How Variants Form ...
 
So Are Saying Be WARNED ... !!!
Cos’ These Vaccines DON'T CURE ...
Or Stop Us From Getting ...
... Corona Infected ... !!!
 
Because You’ve Had Shots ...
 
Their Singing Dud Songs ...
UNLIKE ... What’s Going On ... !!!
 
And Do Not Seem Able ...
To Stop Telling Fables ...
 
It Feels Like A Game ...
Where We’re Being Played ...
Because of False Claims ...
About This Flu Strain ... !!!
 
I Wish I Could Say ...
That Things Will Be Okay ...
 
But Something Seems Off ...
Cos’ Corona’s Not Gone ...
Or Taking A Break And Going Away ... !!!
 
Which Brings Me Right Back ...
To The Days of My Youth ...
 
When Things Weren’t So Bad ...
And Filled With This Flu ...  
That’s Causing PROBLEMS ...
For Us In ... Multitudes ... !!!!!
 
I Just Wish I Could ...
Go Back To Those Days ...
When I Was In School ...
 
And Saw Nothing Wrong ...
With Hearing The Sounds ...
 
of A Game of ......
 
..... “ Ping Pong “ ..... !!!