The needle. The stick. The jab. To  

dine indoors, to stay employed, to see  

your grandfather. But  

my body. My flesh. My choice. It’s just telephone  

wire – playing pass it along until it ends  

someone. But making this political – False  

information distorts. – only polarizes – Adverse  

effects bleed between the lines: the thrombosis, the myocarditis, the  

unknown. The fear. – factions that – No,  

we’re a masked ball of dancers and one of us  

a witch. – could converge at – Half finger  

her womb while the others fondle  

her upper arm, once, twice, three times a 

bruise. – a better understanding. Now 

it’s personal. The selfish. The small minded. The conspiracists. Beware  

fake news. If I knew it was fake, why would I – The big  

stick. The clotted blood ticking  

bombs. How can I falsify – The unneedled  

arm murders. – my own mother? We’re  

begging you. Spin, click, trip the trigger and  

choose who to hate you.