What humans, weren’t we demented, might have prevented

As we blew the chance of controlling
the Virus from gaining traction
When copped out on masking, patrolling
Mother Earth took cogent action:

She let the Virus do for its survival
what Humans ought to have done for its own
Failing to learn from our Species revival
we’re left pretending: ‘How could we have known’?

Yet again the Price of Neglect rarely
gets imposed timely but always fairly