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After Lockdown

A poem contemplating the first things done after lockdown.


When the doors open again

and the sunlight shines through the dusted curtains

I like to imagine that I will sing.

Breathe in the wavering summer breeze,

breathe out the smothering foggy distance.

When I open my mouth

the words I wished to scream at the top of my lungs

will fall out in couplets

of pages

of petals

of pumpernickel toast.

My arms will flay out beside me

as I lay in the dewy, speckled grass

and I will keep laying until the sun goes down

and I will keep laying until the sun goes down






Poem Written By Emily M. Hill.

(She/Her)

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