“Too Little and Too Late,” we should save
As the epitaph for America’s grave!
In a Weekly magazine,
Back on page 40,
I ran across a small item telling of wild rats
That have organized an army
And are moving east,
Bringing with them…. The Plague.
They’ve reached Kansas …
A few cities are making efforts to stop them.
Bubonic Plague! The Dread Scourge of the ages–
But we Americans–we are Americans!–
We must remain calm;
We do usually, about important things.
(We’re worse than the English)
Curious, I picked up the daily paper
To see whet the headlines might say
About this thing.
But all I found was,
“MAN SLAYS WOMAN OVER TENANT”, and
“CARDINALS WIN SERIES PENNANT.”
by Ray Romine Tuesday, October 16, 1945
