The Plague

by Albert Camus (1947)

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There once was a doctor from France
With a whole lot of buboes to lance

For he lived in a town
Where a plague had touched down

Which left no time at all for romance

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There once was a town called Oran
Where a plague sapped the men of their brawn

They sighed and then cried
While most everyone died

An absurd situation, but life carried on

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A nasty plague closed Oran's gates
All inside her would just have to wait

A man yearned for his bride
And tried to stem illness' tide

While the merchants all raised their rates

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