Delta runs wild.
One half of population unvaccinated.
Uncaring—unwilling—unknowing? 
Misinformed? Politicized?
Breakthrough infections now.
Young children getting sick
and I thought I had it bad in Nam.
Values? Religion? Freedom of speech?
Caring about your neighbors? Your community?
Your fellow human beings?
Whereas 150 million no longer care.
Polio—measles—-mumps—smallpox—cancer.
Advances—gains against so many diseases 
and this one? The pandemic kills millions worldwide.
We fail! Why? YOU TELL ME?
Parents don't care about their kids. Grandparents take no lead.
The rich and famous do nothing.
Politicians try and fail because one man made it political.
And now the nation and the world are in serious peril.
Nowhere to hide—nowhere to go. Delta will find you.
And Delta is not the last letter in the Greek alphabet.
The virus will mutate yet again and again until vaccines
are overcome and new vaccines will have to be invented.
Just follow the science if you are smart enough—
if you care to live.
People say, "Oh Rich, you are over reacting!"
Go visit a COVID ward! Worse than Nam!
If there is anything I can say, if there is anything I can do,
then hear this and hear it in plain English.
Hear it loudly, hear it from someone who has lost brothers.
Hear it from the bottom of my soul and heart:
GET VACCINATED FOR THE ONES YOU LOVE AND BECAUSE
YOU LOVE YOURSELF ENOUGH TO GET IT FOR YOU!