teenagers
the teenagers
don’t care
about a global pandemic
while the rest of us are packed
on a subway car with masks
trying not to suck in
each other’s poison breath
the teenagers
aren’t wearing masks
they’re shouting
they’re running around the train
singing and dancing and having a ball
one of them
is wearing a milwaukee braves hat
oh, what would henry aaron think?
the teenagers
are eating mcdonald’s
and throwing food
spreading their aerosols
all over the train car
they laugh and giggle
under signs about wearing a mask
they graffiti
the ones telling us to social distance
the teenagers
get in each other’s face and spit
because their life
is so dumb and ignorant
that it’s almost magical
the teenagers
don’t care about a global pandemic
they are all
id and ego
bulletproof and invincible
in need of constant
entertainment and fun
the teenagers
don’t care
about a global pandemic
or even if they end up
killing us all.
--John Grochalski
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