LAKEVIEW QUARANTINE

LAKEVIEW QUARANTINE

Lila Crooker

4 th Grade • Alphonsus Academy and Center

It’s Tuesday, or is it Thursday? I don’t know.I’m stuck in this city apartment where the days are slow.I need my school lunch table all abuzz,And my volleyball season that never was.The church lights are off and the pews are empty,My favorite Streetwise guy isn’t there, where is he?The grocery store used to have shelves that are full.I would go with my Dad to pick out snacks for school.When I take walks we go by the Lincoln Park Zoo.I never see animals and I wonder if they miss me too.I want my classroom, e-learning is just not the same.I owe Ms. Sperry a hundred hugs and Zoom calls are lame.There is a billboard down the street that says #AllInIllinois,My face mask is itchy and it's getting me annoyed!

Thank You healthcare workers and trash collectors who continued unfazed.

Thank You to my pizza shop worker who still says “Welcome to Blaze!”

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We’ve made coffee cake and cookies from scratch because there’s more time to bake.

When this cold weather passes I’m looking forward to biking by the lake.

I am imagining Thanksgiving when my family will be together,

And I have learned to treasure those times forever!

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