Toilet Paper Shaban, Bizhan, Somebody……………………………………………………………………………………………13 Siddique, Mohammad, Mask…………………………………………………………………………………………12

Toilet Paper

Gabriella Scoccia

It is six in the morning, the sun is not out yet, but I’m heading to Target to see what I can get.

The shelves are empty, what did I expect? It is the twenty-twenty pandemic after all.

I still have high hopes, so I walk to the back— look there it is! The last roll of toilet paper.

Not once in my life I was so happy to spot something that I always had in stock.

I can now head home and tell everyone I got the goods, I better run and put it in my trunk, so it is secured.

At home now I stay, until the next time we run out. This is what the pandemic is all about.

The Clorox Spray

Meaghan Jack

When you need it most, you can’t find any.

You drive to the store, hoping you will be able to find it.

You can’t even find the generic version of it.

You ask the sales associate, the manager, and the person behind the customer service desk, hoping there is some in the back, with no luck.

You try Amazon, eBay and even Etsy, but unless you want to pay a hundred dollarsfor it, you’re out of luck.

You ask around on Facebook for anyone who could spare some, or for some for a reasonable price, with no luck.

So, you resort to the neighborhood group chat, finally with luck.

Jenny will sell you some off brand version for twenty bucks only one per person.

It makes you think of how ungrateful you were when they were stocked so high on the shelves less than a month ago.

~ I wrote this poem in theme of remembering what it was like right when the pandemic started. I remember going to Walmart, Target, and the Dollar Store and remembering how scary it was not being able to get any disinfecting cleaners.

The Mask

Victoria Pullara

The movie The Mask funny you should ask maybe not a movie but something that makes me feel gloomy I wear on my face as it has meaning I lay awake in my bed dreaming that it won't have to be a daily object Will it match my outfit? I can admit it's ugly and never does the day when I can see people's faces oh my gosh we can all relate Mask, something safe and trustworthy will the end of it all still remain a mystery? You hurt my ears and ruin my makeup please go away you are no longer a part of my day