I’m not sure
what we’re doing
here
waiting for life to begin
saving money
writing poems
that no one reads
going to school
taking jobs
talking to our parents
watching CNN
the politicians say there are good guys
& bad guys
we spend a lot of money killing
bad guys
meanwhile
there’s Italy
we’d go there if we could
if our jobs would let us
or our boyfriends
or our budget
if we didn’t wonder
what we’d miss or
if it weren’t for
everything else
we’d be happier
in Italy,
right?
Poetry by Julia Schott, Open Arts Forum
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