Dear Vaccine

        By Majid Naficy

        In response to Naomi Shihab Nye’s Prompt*


Dear Vaccine,
It’s too late for Vahab
But you can save his wife and daughter.
They still water his roses
And feed his canaries
But cannot watch his last video again
When he tried to teach his class on Zoom
And his coughs were more than his words.

        April 1st, 2021

*- globalvaccinepoem.com