Welcome to November, and to you, reader. Pandemic Meditations is a weekly series in which artists of all sorts share work that responds to life during COVID-19.
This week, Idaho writer Farley Egan Green joins the series.
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Now and Then
by Farley Egan Green
Teeth
Be a good girl, says mommy,
let the dentist do his job.
I stop sobbing.
Does the man have a light on his head?
He puts his hand in my mouth.
let the dentist do his job.
I stop sobbing.
Does the man have a light on his head?
He puts his hand in my mouth.
Sixty years later
a hygienist, double masked,
holds a curette,
zooms in,
and scrapes my teeth by hand.
a hygienist, double masked,
holds a curette,
zooms in,
and scrapes my teeth by hand.
We are all scraping/by/hand
We are all scraping/by/hand
We are all scraping/by/hand
Chutes and Ladders
She lived
at the top of a hill
in a three-story house
painted red,
and was taught the rules:
help others,
read books,
avoid sudden slides.
in a three-story house
painted red,
and was taught the rules:
help others,
read books,
avoid sudden slides.
Now she stays
in safe spaces,
sprays
disinfectant
and wears gloves.
She plays defense, gains home,
and always
speaks
through a mask.
in safe spaces,
sprays
disinfectant
and wears gloves.
She plays defense, gains home,
and always
speaks
through a mask.
Still trying to blow bubbles
that won’t pop
before she does.
that won’t pop
before she does.
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| Farley Egan Green |
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