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POETRY | Thank You by Justin Xuan
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Written by JustinXuan

POETRY | Thank You by Justin Xuan

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Thank you for growing
the delivery services industry
Food-Panda and GRAB
prospered under you
As did Pizza Hut and Dominoes Pizza
and all the other fast-food chains with delivery

Thank you for making
the world a much better place
Less CO2 everywhere
Because of all the lock-downs
We’ve all been shut inside to the point
we’re going bat-shit crazy

Thank you for creating
493 new billionaires
They are all
in Big Pharma
Makers of face-masks/hand sanitizers/ thermometers
Probably made a mountain of profits as well

Thank you for destroying
so many businesses
My favorite Choo Choo Chicken restaurant
went belly-up because of you
Airlines, accommodation, restaurants
I don’t think many of them will survive

Thank you for killing
Millions across the globe
You adapt and mutate so quickly
Vaccines are ‘challenged’ by you
What can we do really?
I have no idea at all

Thank you for causing
Us Oriental Asians
to be the most unwelcome race on Earth
Physical Assault, Insults, Discrimination
We can’t travel anywhere now
Even after the lock-downs have been lifted

Thank you
For all you’ve done for us
Many things are now changed
Irrevocably
Oh what will we do without you
Covid-19

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