Contagion Poem by Kelly Kurt

It spreads
Coughing and sneezing, not vectors
Dogma, ideology, ignorance
Selfishness, stupidity
Spread the true disease
Religion
No longer Osiris
Zeus, Apollo, Thor
How silly would that be
No; after 30,000 years of civilization
Finally
The one (or two, or three)true gods
We cough on our young
Spewing this irrational infection
Disabling them, perhaps for life
I have recovered
My antibodies are life-saving
A dose of rationality
Common sense
Experiential reality
The injection stings momentarily
Then
Recovery
The prognosis
Freedom
Equality
Peace