My new home
away from home
for the next few months
is a dorm
on a campus
in a state
three and a half
-four if you count traffic-
hours away from home

Daily self screening
weekly testing
always wearing a mask

I don't write fantasy because I can never put those ideas into words
I don't write stories because I always blank on the endings
I don't write during the day because I get too distracted

I don't understand the world somedays
It's like I just arrived from a different universe
And I can't wrap my head around the human race
Everyone is different but no one wants to admit it