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The Quiet Year (poem)

Reflections from the one-year mark of the coronavirus being classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Donney Rose
Mar 11, 2021
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One year ago the coronavirus outbreak was officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Millions of lives lost later, our world is still attempting to fully recover.


In my fondest memories of an open world
I cherish the daps-turned-shoulder hug embrace
of my homies
the wide-mouth laughter
you dare not le…

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