America is one big Covid PartyOutside my window, down below A baby shower is taking place Tables and tables of people, a DJ, catering Not a mask in sight, I sigh and pull down the shadeAmerica is hopped up on COVID now, like anything Else, we are easily addicted, easily fooled, peopleKeep thinking kids need theirContinue reading “COVID Party USA”
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Hope
In the checkout line the woman behind me asks if I had seen any hand sanitizer or cleaning wipes, I said no I had not, my cart full of some basics, not a haul, not a stash, not a hoard, just spinach, mushrooms, bread and butter, some eggs, some milk not enough to get anyoneContinue reading “Hope”
Okay
And now that it is here what else can we do but Learn acceptance We felt waiting we felt wanting we felt tension And now this And all other feelings have to passAs we take hold of the moment that is now That feels like chaos that feels like something we must Reign in that feels likeContinue reading “Okay”
I don’t know if I’m a person anymore or just a thing that fights
We said we would do it later And the joke is, the thing is, time We wanted a break, a rest, we wanted And now we would break down for a bit of certainty A bit of routine, a bit of it’s safe, it’s safe, it’s all clearI don’t know if I’m a person anymore or justContinue reading “I don’t know if I’m a person anymore or just a thing that fights”
Jenny Justice 