a boy of few words
so happy for a costume
(his childhood lost)
head down, overwhelmed:
it’s hard to make solutions
for his new world
endless tabs open
Google Meets tries to cheer us
but we’re stuck on screens
remote learning sucks
except with a cat or mat
how we love our home
ten minutes of rain
won’t wash away the fires
in mountains, in souls
a cake that collapsed,
a zucchini casserole
without zucchini
Zoom meeting hell day
computers that will not work
need zucchini love
Zoom meetings drain me
but how sweet these tomatoes
and basil, with love
these summer rainstorms
bring breezy joy to hot days
(save us from the drought)
my former student
once a refugee herself
now teaches me hope
making me these masks
so i can mouth English words
as when i taught her
school online again
i hate how we all suffer
with no leadership
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