are we just prone to 
tacking labels after labels
on every entity that comes
in our way?

setting aside the scientific
terminology, some find
sadistic joy -- an underwhelming
pleasure -- calling the unseen beast
under our skins and in our veins
with another name.

(place of origin)
(country of origin)
(continent of origin)

and then they say, with
relentless certainty, that 
the labels are merely words 
and nothing of meaning. 
it is a fact, an accuracy,
nothing much, nothing more, no
problem, there is nothing 
behind it.

willful blindness.

what would you call
an act of attributing a virus 
to a specific set of people?