Letter to a COVID-Denier

To whom it may not concern,

Have you ever spent time watching a flower wilt,

Go without water or sunlight,

Change positions while looking for the outside,

And die in the shade?

Oh how I do admire that confidence,

The way it fills a room with conspiracy

Before anyone even asked,

The way it lets you bridge the gap

By walking on air,

It is both stunning and horrifying.

Tell me,

Do you grow bullshit in a garden

Next to the seasonal vegetables?

Or do you prefer to get it from

Your favorite Facebook marketplace?

There is passion in your apathy,

So much so that caring

has become a disease

Worse than any pandemic.

I know the sun can be bright,

But I hope that when the storm comes,

Clouds raining down the blood

Ignorance has spilled over,

You’ll take off those sunglasses.

Sincerely, a stupid liberal.