Viral

The state of the nation in jeopardy

We all know it's bad, but to what degree?

Millions will die in a matter of weeks.

That's what I heard on the news at least.

Stock market tanked twelve percent today.

Grocery stores empty, that's what they say.

President telling us all to pray

Looks like it's not gonna be okay

Fear and hysteria

Over a matter of

Weeks it begins 

To invade your mind.

Fact isn't part of it.

Cut to the heart of it.

Look at the cause,

What do you find?

Just look what happened to Italy.

Sickness will prey on the elderly.

Hospitals over capacity

Think we'll fare better?  Just wait and see.

Stay quarantined in your house a while.

Don't ask me how long, just nod and smile.

Not crazy, just going the extra mile.

Don't make this such a trial.

The rising pandemic

Is so emblematic 

Of panic,

The world that we all live in.

Yes, it's problematic,

But hide in your attic,

And you're the one

Wearing the Joker grin

Government dropping the interest rate

Schools are all closed, and don't touch your face.

Everything comes to a stop in LA.

The world is on lockdown for 15 days.

Air travel grounded till it all ends

Nervously watching the graphs and the trends

Hoping the shutdown won't have to extend

We anxiously all attend.

"Apocalypse"

Is on the lips

Of some

Although it shouldn't be.

It could get bad,

But where we're at,

Hysteria

Is the real disease.

This problem will not just blow away,

But don't stockpile groceries until mid-May.

From groups and the elderly stay away.

Don't need more insanity on display

Precautions don't mean that the world will end,

But vulnerable people we try to defend.

Flatten the curve, that's what they recommend,

But we don't have to pretend

That the world won't keep spinning.

Humanity's ending

Is not resting on

The edge of a knife.

Can be overwhelming,

But they're overselling.

Be careful, but still,

You can live your life.

But you won't hear that on the news.

They are trying to keep you confused.

The more searching and clicking you do,

To them it's just ad revenue.

We all panic and follow the virus,

But the fear is already inside us.

We're infected and highly contagious,

And that fear is what's really gone viral.