Current Events (As of Mid-March)
By Sandon Chevlin
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There are no such thing as current events
Not with an update every 5 minutes
Or 4 new stories every hour
A new map 3 times a day
2 contradictions at a time
So I’m just taking it all in 1 moment at a time
Pacing in distant circles from everyone else
As we all are, as I can tell
By the non-intersecting curves in our repetitious and unyielding path
Dragging our collective feet like minutes across the perimeter of a 6 foot diameter clock
Seeing the seconds of sand seep through an hourglass
7 designated blocks at a time to kill
Rinsing and repeating 8 motions
9 if you count drying
But paper towels are in such short supply that I sometimes skip that step
Has it been 10 days yet?
I think my life started changing on March 11th
So I guess 12 days ago
What’s the difference?
Everything else has changed so much that comparing 10 days to 12 seems trivial
When prompted, I cannot tell you about a current event