Found their website* 

Filled out my question load 

Selected an appointment 

Obtained a QR code 

Googled the location 

Got in the car 

Gonna get vaccinated 

Won’t need to go too far 

Arrived in Redwood City 

Parking lot signs were clear 

Followed fellow appointees 

Took my place at the rear 

We shuffled a bit like sleepwalkers 

Inexorably forward 

Precisely separated 

Along the long corridor 

Dignified cadence 

Gentle direction 

Somber mood 

Feeling apprehension 

Piped in music 

Wafts from the ceiling 

Tries and fails for 

Festival feeling 

Extra mask 

Hand sanitation 

Provide ID  

At the next station 

How do you qualify? 

Your date of birth? 

Are you allergic? 

Second time or first? 

Understand what you’re doing? 

Have you read the facts? 

Sit here a moment  

While I administer the vax 

Nurse was friendly 

Her name is Joy 

Ironic really 

Misery has alloy 

Twinge of pain 

Band-Aid applied 

Sticker given 

Card supplied 

Next appointment 

In a month or so 

Rest for 15 

Then free to go 

The supply is limited 

Expiration date looming 

More to come 

Business is booming 

*www.myhealth.stanfordhealthcare.org