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Weston Parker's avatar

I hope we never have to live through something like that again, it was heart breaking. In some strange way, I feel a slightly similar sense of isolation with regard to this animal we have as a president who would try to divide us all, isolate us, make us suspicious of each other. thanks

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LeeAnn Pickrell's avatar

It is a dark time. It was then too but at least there were doctors and scientists making decisions. God forbid that happens now when we have a total quack in Robert Kennedy.

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Weston Parker's avatar

It is eerily similar, so goddamn creepy this national gaslighting.

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Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

Whew. I really like how this poem rushed along with the speaker's thoughts. It takes me right back to the beginning of the pandemic.

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LeeAnn Pickrell's avatar

Thanks, Margaret Ann.

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Fotini Masika's avatar

I am going to the post office tomorrow to get your book :) 🖤

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LeeAnn Pickrell's avatar

Hooray. I hope you like it!

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Fotini Masika's avatar

I am savouring your book, LeeAnn. I spent an hour at the park yesterday with it. And then I read some more. I am taking my time with it and I love it. 💛

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LeeAnn Pickrell's avatar

You just made my day! I can’t stop smiling.

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Nazish Nasim's avatar

So, so beautiful in its breathlessness, LeeAnn.

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26thAvenuePoet (Elizabeth)'s avatar

Love and frustration and fear...! What a weird smoothie we swallowed every day, for so long. All those holidays at a distance. Thank you for writing this down, LeeAnn. I hope we never need to live that way again, but we do need to remember.

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