When it’s your turn to receive

the vaccine

don’t throw away your shot

Teachers still waiting 

to be truly appreciated

55,000 students hope to leave

the screen for the courtyard

senior lawns for testing sites 

vending machines full of hand sanitizer

and blue surgical masks

Imagination is a creative muscle

It needs to be worked out

Let conflict be your guide

Not fear of being left out

The truth is now the time

Every student is a potential teacher 

Fear of losing creativity

Imagination is part of the natural world

Change is opportunity

Fear of history too comfortable

for students to vaccinate

their racist namesakes  

Before Padlets become pistols

No face no case

If circumstances dictate

to improvise in a pandemic

let the wand shake in the sky