The husband of an ac-
quaintance works for the
National Security Agency.
He came home from work
one day in October 2019
with bags full of vitamin
supplements, Airborne,
etc., and promptly put
their whole family on a
daily regimen to boost
their immune systems.
He’d never done any-
thing like that before.
He didn’t explain why.
……………………
Matt Hohner is a poet living in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. His first collection of poems is titled THRESHOLDS and OTHER POEMS (Apprentice House 2018). His next book will be released by Salmon Poetry in 2022.