[ C-19 ] Category 7

      
Body count increased      
along the receding shore      
as flood waters rose      
      
Murky as its origins were      
( although Climate Change      
remains a top contender )        
it became painfully clear      
this was unlike any hurricane      
ever contended with;      
       
delt a savage blowing to Humanity      
       
Yet, despite our knowing      
more was likely in store for us;      
we as a species remained at risk         
   
While access to fresh oxygen      
via masks improved our odds      
of surviving wave after wave      
until the manmade levies        
were finally in place . . .    
      
the flooding continued  
 
. . . threatening each neighbor        
up and down The Block      
due to gaps in The Wall      
left by The Resistance      
       
The Right was indeed theirs      
in their chosen refusal to wear      
masks when socializing or working       
dragging not just those in proximity      
but EVERYONE down        
deeper into the water      
causing it to needlessly rise      
resulting in necessity      
of the very wall      
they now wail against;      
       
many drowning in the process      
clinging to their shot guns      
 
This is not a science fiction story;      
it is " a l l e g o r y "     
       
As global killers go      
it may still become      
a Category 7 hurricane  
      
the disaster already in the making  
      
which can still be avoided      
     
but only if you choose        
to lay down your guns      
aimed away from yourself  
and other potential survivors  
and do your part