does this look infected

does this look infected
the woman next
to you on the plane asks,
rolling up her sleeve
to show you an open wound.
she holds her arm up
closer to you as you hit
the panic button
calling in a gaggle
of flight attendants.
they take the woman away
and put her in a box
beneath the plane.
you look out the window
and see the box floating
back to earth
on the strings of a
large parachute.
calmly you go back to
reading your magazine
about infectious
diseases and how the world
will end.