In the year 2030

In the year 2030

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In the year 2030
The world as we knew it
Came to an end.

Civilization fell apart
As a viral weapon
Truly escaped from a lab.

The virus dubbed
The COVID Zombie Flu
Attacked people’s higher learning functions.

Making people unable to read or write
The zombie flu turned most people
Into predator animals.

Attacking everyone they met
They quickly became neo-savage
Stone Age cannibalistic gangs.

Competing with the newly energized
Wild animals
in attacking terrified humans.

Not remembering or comprehending
Anything from the ancient world
Only a few writers and poets were immune.

They gathered together,
In a few university towns
Trying to keep the spark of learning alive.

Fortunately for humanity
The virus’s effects did not transmit
To the younger generation.

But by that time, it was too late
The new Dark Ages had begun
As modern civilization faded into ancient history.

leaving their children
and grandchildren to
"Inherit the Earth"