Do you think that humans will ever fully eradicate viruses from the planet?
I sit in the exam and my foot is shaking in a rhythmic manner and I can’t quite remember if we talked about this in class or not. Hell, I’m not a scientist, how should I know? Mrs. Scratts sure didn’t tell us there would be an essay question. If I’m not a scientist, how can I answer some sciency question? Mrs. Scratts doesn’t want some seventeen year old’s drivel about viruses. My pencil’s feeling a little sweaty in hand.
I think that humans will never be able to eradicate viruses fully. Viruses, like other life forms, like us in fact, will keep evolving and there is nothing we can do to stop them. We can try to slow them down with vaccines and such, but eventually they will
overrun the planet
sprung from our own needles
infecting
destroying
the apocalypse is squeezed from a syringe
into my blood
where it mutates
and I mutate
My senses are leaving me
I must infect another
So I am not alone in my despair
The world is tied together
by ebola
and by cholera
and by all the flu from 1918 to 1580 to now
and to forever
don’t mess with the virus
it will mess with you