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literary by Margaret Elysia Garcia

Yearbook club entries

Graduating from an almost all white school: Four years an athlete, Three years of good grades. Two years a walking target for Trump boys and jealous girls. Two years of COVID. One year of your hometown burning down. Three deaths of people close to her. Four years of trauma’s memory. Six months of a brand […]

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literary by Margaret Elysia Garcia

Quarantine Poem

Watching I watch the site Incessantly. Cases: 64,675.            Deaths: 910. Bookmarked on my laptop. My editor called: First our hours were cut Then final time cards due Third for unemployment instructions. It’s late afternoon. Refresh. Cases: 65,564 Deaths: 929. I try to do Something. To not waste a moment Of this weird freedom To be […]

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