According to a recent study

mandatory face masks will be required

for the next 20 years

soon we will forget

how people lived without masks

the many features of a human face

will only be seen in old movies

or photos in an album

babies will be fitted with masks

and never know what

an unmasked face actually looks like

in a short time our evolving

will be universal and

masks will be as common as clothes

and the world will then forget

the freedom of being unmasked

and lose the experience of

ever living without them

and people will not draw a natural breath

or know the joy of a kiss

or the beauty of

a smile.