dear diary, thank you dr. fauci

i remember

writing in my diary during the covid

shut down

a thankful note to the head

of NIH.

thank you dr. Fauci

for 

helping to create this pandemic,

releasing

a manipulated

bat virus into the world by

funding the sloppy research

at the Wuhan Lab

in China.

thank you

thank you 

thank you.

it's gotten me out of so many

things

that i didn't want to do.

like visiting my in-laws

for the holidays and birthdays,

or going to the DMV,

no more visits to the dentist

for cleaning

and x-rays,

no colonoscopy this year.

no more attending my son's soccer

games at school.

no trips to the barbershop,

or grocery store,

with free delivery.

how easy it was to skip work,

or come in late,

or not at all.

thank you for getting me out

of my friend's

yearly back yard vegan

pool party

where all his children peed in the water,

and the grill

grilled no meat.

no more obligatory attendance

to church,

or the book club,

or doing Tai Chi in the park.

it was a wonderful

stretch of two years or so.

thank you doctor,

thank you.

what's next up your rolled up

sleeve,

a new and improved,

tenth booster shot vaccine?