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What They Didn’t Say
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https://thedrivestudentblogblog.wordpress.com/2021/05/07/what-they-didnt-say/
A thread
https://thedrivestudentblogblog.wordpress.com/2021/05/07/what-they-didnt-say/
By: Micaela Shambee--Editor, The Drive Student Blog
Dear 2025 Self,
Stay inside a little while,
In a little while,
this will be over, they said.
Stay inside a little while,
In a little while,
this will be over, they said.
What they didn’t say?
I would be let go of my dream job.
I would be deemed a non-essential unemployment snob.
I would panic while getting a swab.
I would be let go of my dream job.
I would be deemed a non-essential unemployment snob.
I would panic while getting a swab.
They didn’t say anything to me, God.
They didn’t say I would lose my best friend.
Or I would lose a family member near the same date.
They didn’t say she would have to FaceTime me to believe her fate.
They didn’t say all these people would die alone—the same way.
They didn’t say I would lose my best friend.
Or I would lose a family member near the same date.
They didn’t say she would have to FaceTime me to believe her fate.
They didn’t say all these people would die alone—the same way.
They didn’t say anything to me, God.
They didn’t say more people would die any day.
They didn’t say I’d take a pay cut to make ends meet today.
I’d have to tie first responders’ kids' grey laces.
Smile in panicked-parents faces.
Then hide and cry in small children's spaces.
They didn’t say more people would die any day.
They didn’t say I’d take a pay cut to make ends meet today.
I’d have to tie first responders’ kids' grey laces.
Smile in panicked-parents faces.
Then hide and cry in small children's spaces.
Yet smile in their little, over-whelmed faces.
They didn’t say anything to me, God.
They didn’t say my tears would run dry.
Toilet paper would become impossible to buy.
Hand-sanitizer would become the new liquid gold
while April would be so cold.
They didn’t say my tears would run dry.
Toilet paper would become impossible to buy.
Hand-sanitizer would become the new liquid gold
while April would be so cold.
They didn’t say anything to me, God.
They didn’t say I’d be at home witnessing a gang shooting.
They didn’t say I’d have to mute my e-learning.
While the police sirens, and the medics roll out the red tape.
I never knew this new normal would be my fate.
They didn’t say I’d be at home witnessing a gang shooting.
They didn’t say I’d have to mute my e-learning.
While the police sirens, and the medics roll out the red tape.
I never knew this new normal would be my fate.
Stay inside a little while.
In a little while
this will all be over, they said.
This poem was crafted in response to the State-wide "stay-at-home" order issued by officials on March 21, 2020.
In a little while
this will all be over, they said.
This poem was crafted in response to the State-wide "stay-at-home" order issued by officials on March 21, 2020.
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