It’s not the white class
Or the rich class either,
The LGBTQI or the feminist-
Of these two it’s neither.
Let me tell you what it is
And you won’t be surprised,
It monopolizes the daily news
With its protests and cries.
It has created a huge division
Like the rich and the poor,
The haves and the have-not
Like so many more.
Segregation is setting in
Not to mention discrimination
And it threatens the employed
In various organizations.
To be or not to be
Is the question to consider,
“Get the vaccine!” some demand
“Not for us,” say some others.
So, there is a division
Two classes have emerged,
Protests have already begun
And is beginning to surge.
Rights are being withheld
And some are being scorned,
“Get vaccinated or else!”
Others have warned.
Some want laws amended
In favour of the vaccinated,
And a growing number believe
Vaccines must be mandated.
COVID is the new leprosy
And vaccines are the only cure,
The unvaccinated has become
The proverbial life sore.
An automatic ban from sports
And from socializing,
Classism at its best or worse-
COVID vandals vandalizing.
“Let them all die
If they do not vaccinate!
Privileges for the vaccinated!
The unvaccinated eliminate!”
“Give them another chance
To get on board!
Otherwise, incarcerate them
Like a criminal horde!
We’re developing among us
Another social class,
It’s the vaccinated among us
I pray it won’t last.
It was quite innocent at first
Or so it appeared to be,
Now this form of classism
Is growing like a tree.
If things really get bad
Regarding this COVID-19,
Medical services will be reserved
For who took the vaccine.
“It won’t be mandatory,”
That’s what we heard at first,
But it is the unvaccinated
That brought on this curse.
It is clearly a pandemic
Of the unvaccinated,
Therefore, we have no recourse
But become segregated.
Better put them on an island
All by themselves
Or else they will compromise
The entire country’s health.
Resources are growing thin
Our health care stretched
All because of the unvaccinated!
Each one is a wretch.
Herd immunity, Yes!
But not herd behaviour
With the unvaccinated vilified
And the vaccinated favoured.
A new classism is among us,
Another privileged group,
Be warned, fellow citizens,
Classism is a brute!
Classism is utterly selfish
And as such, morally blind,
Therefore, the morally enlightened
Must treat it as a crime.
Do not give up on suasion
Re the vaccine hesitant
And regarding the anti-vaccine
Be lovingly persistent.
I still have my doubts
Regarding all that I have heard
And I am still undecided
With what to concur.
Think of another, I ask,
In whatever you do
And seek always to embrace
What you know to be true.
Communicate and educate
But do not violate,
The real enemy is COVID-19
Hence, COVID eradicate!
Stewart Russell © September 14, 2021
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