Religious leaders weigh reinstating mask mandates and whether they could upset some members. (Sarah Pulliam Bailey for the WaPo.)

 

Did Moses wear a mask at all,

or Joshua or Job?

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Or had they faith enough

to check each heathenish microbe?

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Would Peter, James, and John agree

to veil their faces instantly

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or would they be desirous

to exorcise the virus?

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Today beliefs are vague

when it comes to the plague.

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Perhaps the epilogue

to God's own Decalogue

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Should now include the task

of keeping on your mask!