When Does It Stop Being Funny?

When
When does it stop being funny
When do the jokes and the memes
lose their edge and become cruel irony
When does toilet paper cease to be a punchline
and instead become an apropos symbol of this mess
What will be the death toll and when and where will it hit closest
When do the gallows no longer become humorous and open beneath our feet
When will "If I get corona, I get corona" become the hauntingly real battle cry of the ignorant
Maybe when the shelves of toilet paper and cleaner don't get re-stocked in a week or two
Maybe when the patient with the twisted knee waits at home for another week to be seen
Maybe when the realization hits that the last goodbye really was the last goodbye
Maybe when last month's rent really was the last month's rent
Maybe when schools announce that summer's cancelled
Maybe when neighbors aren't
Maybe then
Maybe