LETHARGY (response to hour 9 prompt)
A strange lethargy overcomes me.
Welcome to the world of Zoom teaching.
The heat is making the treeline shimmer.
I can barely see the distant cottage on my laptop’s screen.
A blue surgical mask is in my back pocket.
I’ll put it on whenever I leave the office/house.
I can barely see the distant cottage on my laptop’s screen.
Welcome to the exhausting world of Zoom teaching.
We’re fireflies in expensive webcam bottles.
A blue surgical mask is in my back pocket.
A strange lethargy overcomes me.
Nicely done.
I LOVE a the line ‘fireflies in webcam bottles’. It’s so apt. And the repeat of the blue surgical mask underscores its importance. Powerful.