Charge of the Vaccinated

 Half again Half again
 Half again onward
 Into the valley of death
 Rushed the Six Million
 Forward not Fearful
 Charge to the needle he said
 Into the valley of death
 Rushed the Six Million
 

 Forward and unafraid!
 Was there a man dismayed?
 Not that the doctors knew
 No one had blundered
 Theirs was not to make reply,
 Theirs was not to reason why,
 Theirs was but to do or die:
 Into the Valley of Death
 Rushed the Six Million
 

 Nurses to the right of them,
 Nurses to the left of them,
 Fauci in front of them
 Blather and bluster
 Stormed on with shot and sell,
 Boldly they rushed and well,
 Into the Jaws of Death,
 Into the Mouth of Hell
 Rushed the Six Million
 

 Flash of the Syringe bare,
 Flashed as it moved in air
 Injecting and jabbing there,
 Charging as an army, while
 All the world wondered:
 Plunged in the blood with stroke
 Right in the vein they poked;
 All scantily clothed
 Reeled from the needle-stroke
 Wielded by Villains
 Then they came back,
 but not
 Not all Six Million
 

 Needles to right of them,
 Needles to left of them,
 Fauci behind them
 Foil and blunder;
 Stormed on with shot and sell
 While crowds full of heroes fell,
 They that had meant so well
 Came thru the Jaws of Death,
 Back from the Mouth of Hell,
 All that were left of them,
 Left of Six Million
 

 When can their glory fade?
 O the wild charge they made!
 All the world wondered.
 Honor the charge they made!
 Honor the Vaccinated
 Noble Six Million
 

 Patrick Fealy