Is it really so much...

Is it really so much an unreasonable ask Have we truly learned nothing from our recent past Capillaries scarred by the pathogens rasp Blisters and blood clots, extremity rash Damage is done with each sapping pass The vulnerable fall and are deftly outcast Organs, cognition...the damage is fast, One by one to COVID's unfeeling grasp We settle deeply into our rattling gasp All was needed, indeed, was a close fitting mask Life non disabled, a life that would last Was the prize of this painfully simple task