I am from a dog that always seems to be talking

To blankets flopped on my bed in the morning

Then there are the afternoons that I spend hours 

Playing in an old apple tree         

With apples that taste sour and horrible 

I am from a home with heavy books & envelopes 

Strewn everywhere 

To doing research with my friends

& biking rolling hills to going down long     S

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 I am from gooey cheddar cheese melting in my mouth as I eat Mac n cheese 

           To steaming hot chili that makes gooey cheese  

 In a bowl that is burning hot

I am from movie nights on Friday night with cheese pizza that burns my tongue

But I say, “Who cares. It is movie night!”

I am from mornings at breakfast sharing how weird my dreams were that night 

I am in my big backyard looking into the uninviting PIZZA OVEN

That many spiders have made a home in, 

& wonder, “Can’t we just get rid of it?”

I am from a vacation to Wisconsin every summer

NOW from THEN 

It’s a whole new world 

Covid-19 came it’s got the world in its grasp 

Everything is different from the past 

School came home and it’s like your own little Dome 

Your friends have become technology 

But I’ll see them in person again when this all ends 

No more sports, stuck at home, my whole life seems to be gone, in a poof

But I am still a goof 

I miss libraries and bookstores you see 

Never thought I’d say this but I miss books, I miss flipping through them 

I have books at my house 

But I’ve gone through all the ones about world war 2

My birthday has happened

But I’m stuck at home, no way to celebrate with friends 

I still got presents from my family

I come from a new era, an era of technology 

And era of washing hands 

And staying six feet apart 

This is the life now and I have to get used to it 

But yeah, I still want to see my friends 

And go to libraries  

But that’s not going to happen for a while 

So I come from a new era 

An era of Covid-19

This is where I’m from