The Plague (La Peste)
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Doctor finds a rat;
many others leave or die.
Disease ends...maybe...
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This sort of story actually plays a key role in the spread of Christianity through the Holy Roman Empire. A plague descended upon a certain city (I forget which one), causing most to flee for their lives, abandoning even loved ones to their fate. Christians in the community decided to stay & care for the sick & dying. As a result, most of those who were sick recovered & people noticed the Christians who stayed did not tend to get sick & die (building immunity to a disease was unknown at that time & seemed miraculous). My, how times of changed. Not that Christians (& Muslims & Jews & a whole host of other faiths including secularists, agnostics & atheists), don't continue to care for the sick & dying. It's just that there are so many other voices screaming so loudly, those gifts of compassion tend to get overshadowed & lost in the din these days.
Oooo, this was an excellent one! Well done!
Great haiku
Well done brother.
I re-read that during the 2020-21 period, great book. Stylistically I like l'Etranger or La Chute better, but the epic portrayal of quarantine he gives us, I definitely hadn't appreciated until living it.