86 Intégrité: A Faith and Learning Journal
The Novel Coronavirus: Haiku John J. Han “Because of all these things, and many others that were similar or even worse, diverse fears and imaginings were born in those left alive, and all of them took recourse to the most cruel precaution….” —Giovanni Boccaccio’s introduction to The Decameron (1353); trans. Richard Hooker.
1 Milan’s main square toured by pigeons only virus scare 2 only one passenger on the Grand Canal water bus coronavirus 3 virus scare soldiers exhausted after spraying disinfectant 4 epidemic death of a young woman who said she wanted to live 5 coronavirus shaking hands with what if 6 endless news on epidemic rising death tolls and falling stocks 7 cherry blossoms burgeoning of outbreaks of the coronavirus
