Risk Factor Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Taking the risk.
Defying the threat,
Of a virus close...
And approaching to sit,
Right on their doorsteps.
Yet...
Go about their business they do.
Ignoring to refuse the warning signs.
And the multitude of deaths,
The majority of the people...
Could not miss even if blind.

This should make it clear,
To those with minds...
Finding this activity,
Difficult to believe.
What it is most keep prioritized.
In spite of their lives,
Being threatened by a pandemic disease.

But there is nothing that can convince,
Or attempts to make...
The seriousness of this to be known.
When people are not accustomed,
To discipline or comprehending...
The benefits of listening to pay attention.
Or when entitlements to have,
Has come to sacrifice them temporarily.
From a doing what one pleases,
Carefree and selfishly.

Yet...
Petulant are those children who grow,
Perpetrating perpetually...
Their petulance.
And given permission,
With this authorized as an entitlement.
An entitlement,
Without consciousness to approve!