Crabgrass, dry rot, and Covid

As the wealthy and educated revel in vaccinated normalcy, the virus is festering—and biding its time.

A-yep, y’all got the Covid, ah see.

So the goundskeepers keep warning us as we sip old fashioneds spiked with our favorite shot(s) of mRNA. They point at the pernicious spread of this malignant virus on the verge of our luxuriant spread, their voices slowly muddling in with the crisp fall breeze and the rising warmth of a bourbon-infused afternoon.

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