#MM Saturday Mix — Coronavirus: king of the zoo

COVID-19 coronavirus is seen in yellow, emerging from cells (in blue and pink) cultured in the lab. This image is from a scanning electron microscope. NIAID-RML

The classroom is a zoo.
We’re caged within its reach.
Worldwide it spreads its goo.
The classroom is a zoo.
It threatens me and you.
Grim lesson does it teach.
The classroom is a zoo.
We’re caged within its reach.

My offering today is a triolet form poem.

Sarah is the host of Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’s Saturday Mix. Sarah says:
This week we are dipping our toes into the pool of METAPHOR. Our challenge is all about the use of metaphor in our writing. You will need to use the metaphor provided in your response – which can be poetry or prose.
Our metaphor this week is:

– The classroom was a zoo.