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Around Every Virus There's a Silver Lining

She stood silently outside a Home Depot store. In an endless serpentine Wuhan flu line. Like everyone else, most of her face was masked. Except her forehead and around her eyes. Which were covered in clusters of skin tags. Magically, beauty and the color of our skin didn't matter. Sliced from the social equation by a globe trekker devil. On the outside we all became equal and beautiful. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end.

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Date: 5/16/2020 11:20:00 PM
Leave Wuhan alone! Check the labs' scandals in USA, USA, USA.
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