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an this is the now of now</p><p id="0597">we might be using napkins for toilet paper we might be eating canned beans and soup more often</p><p id="3096">we might be reading the news frantically for some sort of sign that we can breathe a bit easier</p><p id="37ad">that we can breathe at all that we will still be breathing</p><p id="5d34">for longer and longer through this past this over and above this</p><p id="4563">we do the best we can we see there’s not enough testing</p><p id="702b">we see there’s not enough protective gear we see there’s more than enough greed, and gluttony, and ego and ego</p><p id="414e">we see that government is overreaching and undercaring and we do the best we can</p><p id="fbc1">with whatever this is these dealings this germs these new ways of survival</p><p id="a823">this is the best we can do to make these transformed moments we have</p><p id="f627">as good as they are new.</p><p id="a5d4">©<a href="https://medium.com/@jennyjustice">Jenny Justice.</a> All Rights Reserved.</p><p id="9263"><b><i>Jenny Justice</i></b><i>, Poet. Author of Love in the Time of Climate Change and Reveal. You can read more of her poetry at<a href="https://medium.com/justice-poetic"> Justice Poetic.</a></i> <i>Sign up for her newsletter <a href="https:/

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The Best We Can

A Poem

My daughter is on a zoom meeting with her teacher and classmates this world is upside down but there is a beauty in the changes

sure we are all afraid sure the normal annoyances are made more upsetting now

the fact that I share custody and that my daughter’s other parent thinks air travel and reckless travel and constant travel

in a pandemic is somehow in a child’s best interest

is somehow acceptable in a pandemic and the fact that I wrote an email about this

thought about sending it knew it would result in at least twenty back and forth emails

because narcissistic people have to gaslight and win gaslight and win made it not worth it to me

I have to pray for my daughter I have to pray for me

I have to do the best I can this is the now of now

we might be using napkins for toilet paper we might be eating canned beans and soup more often

we might be reading the news frantically for some sort of sign that we can breathe a bit easier

that we can breathe at all that we will still be breathing

for longer and longer through this past this over and above this

we do the best we can we see there’s not enough testing

we see there’s not enough protective gear we see there’s more than enough greed, and gluttony, and ego and ego

we see that government is overreaching and undercaring and we do the best we can

with whatever this is these dealings this germs these new ways of survival

this is the best we can do to make these transformed moments we have

as good as they are new.

Jenny Justice, Poet. Author of Love in the Time of Climate Change and Reveal. You can read more of her poetry at Justice Poetic. Sign up for her newsletter here.