Friday, May 14, 2021

Poem: May 11th, 2021

Friday Afternoon and My Classroom Is Empty

And of course it would be better

if you were here, laughing and

asking wild questions and

taking selfies to post on Snapchat

when you think I’m not looking.


You text, while we wrote notes we would

pass in the hallways between classes.

Not so much has changed. Has anyone

ever remained engaged in Act IV 

of Romeo and Juliet for an entire 40 minutes?


Still, it is nice to sit here in this

silent aftermath, this pen in my hand

and some things to think about without you.

You know how it is. We live inside our own

minds while the world dances around us.


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