Slam on Social Distancing
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Stuck at school
Am I a fool
For going there
When there's a flu
So dangerous
If you're too close
[Verse I]
Inside
With only two windows
Limited to what I could see
Outside
Where people used to roam
Six feet separating
nothing domatining
that empty space
all on your own
your mind is blown
by how lonely
that empty space is.
They announced the first case of COVID-19.
It won’t affect me for I’m a teen,
I’m ok.
My body’s young, immunity strong
I never stay sick for long.
I’ll never see my parents if they hug too many people,
and I’ll never see my friends if they are crowded by a steeple,
and I’ll never see my lovers if they die before I meet ‘em,
I open my eyes this morning
To cry so many tears
Then deal with so many fears.
I open my eyes and
I came to realize that
The whole world is in fear.
I open my eyes at the TV
Please stay away,
As we each try to find our own way.
Be very careful not to cough,
Or the people near you may very well scoff.
Oh, and if you sneeze,
