Back to school, yet again.
Only one or two more "first days"
Only one or two more "first days"
(hopefully, one)
to survive --
the multiple online trainings,
the speeches,
and the overpaid and undertalented presenters.
Most of us spend the time on our devices.
I play a few rounds of Rummy
We're not trying to be disrespectful.
We're trying to stay awake.
The nights leading into the first few days
of school
always involve restless and sleepless nights.
So, most of us do the best we can to
make our surroundings more palatable.
Posters go up, color gets splashed around,
and plants go in the window.
Then, the students show up,
splashing color into the room,
taking up the empty space,
and bringing to life the void
that occupied the space since June.
Back again -
For now.
