Parallax 2021 Vol. 24

Page 15

Covid

I’d go to bed at four and wake up four hours later. Pulling at my eyelids, I’d reach for my computer and the orange sweatshirt that was situated on the oversling compartment of my bed. Its repulsive smell after days of wear would revitalize my senses, and I would quickly transform my bedding into the proper classroom setting. Lying stagnant for hours, I’d gently slide my finger from Chrome browser to Safari, logging on and off. The incoming spring breeze blew the lethargic days along as my hand’s firm grip would tighten around the parameters of my IPhone. Staying at home as much as I did, my mind would grow foggy and immature, and I’d voluntarily invite hallucinations, mere daydreams to fill my mind as I reimagined my bed as a desert island. It was all part of the game, the endless stream of faces and figures that seemed to exponentially ingest the pixels on my IPhone as the night moaned on. All day we lived at face value. There were no more embarrassments of first words or flustering teenage eye contact. It was the way your body curved on the post and in the mirror that caught their eyes, not the way you bloomed in social situations. As I stared at my hips’ width on the short walk from my bed to my desk when I retrieved my phone each morning, my brown, timid eyes silent, I’d admit to the imperfections I’d never noticed before. And yet, is it possible this time of reflecting was a gift?

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Conductor of the Forest Arielle Levy

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The Door David Gitelman

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Grave Watching Arielle Levy

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The Lily of the Incas Tova Solomons

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The Honey of Our Heritage Emily Vayner

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My Neighborhood Daniela Woldenberg

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Rewinding Arlette Gindi

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Epitaph David Gitelman

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Hot Chocolate Eliza Binstock

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Fast Food Olalla Levi

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Drawing Anna Braun

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Burning Esther Cabot

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You’re Welcome, Princess Abe Coburn

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Funeral Arielle Levy

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Winter Olalla Levi

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Parting Party Celebration Samantha Sinensky

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Goodbye Purple Pen Arlette Gindi

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A Song of My Selves Anna Braun

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Our Ice Palace Tova Solomons

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Ode to a Salt Shaker Samantha Sinensky

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Covid Olalla Levi

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Mangoes on the Floor Daniela Woldenberg

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We Used to Be Friends Anna Braun

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Eulogy for a PillowPet Lauren Goodman

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Vlad, Enough Vodka! Emily Vayner

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