{"id":25176,"date":"2021-03-09T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T14:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/a-teenagers-poem-to-account-for-a-year-under-lockdown#id29258"},"modified":"2021-03-09T14:31:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T14:31:00","slug":"a-teenagers-poem-to-account-for-a-year-under-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/a-teenagers-poem-to-account-for-a-year-under-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"A teenager\u2019s poem to account for a year under lockdown."},"content":{"rendered":"

From this good roundup<\/a> of statements and art created by US teenagers in response to the pandemic, we discovered “okay” by Brooklyn's Suhaylah Sirajul-Islam, age 15. An excerpt:<\/p>\n

\n

What’s it like, being a teenager in quarantine?
\nit’s the same i guess.
\nexcept time passes more slowly.
\nand you’re not allowed to go outside.
\nit’s feeling exhausted from all the schoolwork.
\nand touch-starved because your friends aren’t there.
\nsuddenly, the two-bedroom apartment you share with five family members,
\nfinally begins to feel cramped.
\nit’s feeling terrified, because you share a room
\nwith your covid-positive aunt, who refuses to see a doctor.
\nand you can hear your dad, coughing through the walls.
\nand your mom at 2 a.m., reciting qur’an and
\nrushing to make tea for the both of them.
\nshe gets sick too.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The full poem is available as a pdf<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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From this good roundup<\/a> of statements and art created by US teenagers in response to the pandemic, we discovered “okay” by Brooklyn’s Suhaylah Sirajul-Islam, age 15. An excerpt:<\/p>\n

\n

What\u2019s it like, being a teenager in quarantine?
\nit\u2019s the same i guess.
\nexcept time passes more slowly.
\nand you\u2019re not allowed to go outside.
\nit\u2019s feeling exhausted from all the schoolwork.
\nand touch-starved because your friends aren\u2019t there.
\nsuddenly, the two-bedroom apartment you share with five family members,
\nfinally begins to feel cramped.
\nit\u2019s feeling terrified, because you share a room
\nwith your covid-positive aunt, who refuses to see a doctor.
\nand you can hear your dad, coughing through the walls.
\nand your mom at 2 a.m., reciting qur\u2019an and
\nrushing to make tea for the both of them.
\nshe gets sick too.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The full poem is available as a pdf<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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