working lunch

Nasturtium, calendula, ferns, hostas.

Zoom meetings, place your thoughts in the chat, reflection reflection, brain fry.

Sweaty bangs, sweat under mask, backpack, front pack.

Zack, Courtney, Lindsey, Patrick, Tyler, Hassiem, Spencer, Will, Becki, Jamie, Therese, Curt, I’m missing someone, Sarah, Ramiro from New York State of Health.

Water the plants, water myself, remember how to plan, forget the plan.

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Listen to the teachers, cry for the teachers, cry for myself, ask if I talk too much.

Energy, energy, not enough energy, coffee energy, political energy.

Racial trauma, children with trauma, trauma-centered, body trauma.

Never, never again. Never again. Never again. Again.

Think about it, a walk back to the car, the kids in the car, the kids watching it all.

Everything crumbling, all of it burning, controlled burning, native burning.

Stewardship, care, trust, eye-contact, intuition, tenderness.

Look. Look and see, think about it. Consider this person. Consider this person. Please, consider this person. And the small people in the car, the people in the school, the people cleaning the school, the people cleaning.

Consider them all.