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An Ode to 2020
by Annie Liao Jones

The complacent look at the other only to ask shall we
Agree is it time to show understanding
And now they demand a big thing but will never think big
They want us to say
ok I’ll buy fake understanding
After they looked for one shallow thing only online
Aggressive agreement of the worst kind
Simply because they now wear a mask in their selfie
They forgot a major thing
Called freedom
You see
It’s only cool to be kind in a shared journey called life
After they faked rebellion by saying no me only they made the stakes so high but their bar is so low
and it’s now do or die
That’s quite an insult
When you see there are only two groups of people that aren’t defined by color nor blue or red
This is a war between yet again the keep it real-ers and the total posers
They missed a huge principle
Is hugely fundamental
It’s called respect
They robbed us of choice
as I say when you think about your friend wearing a mask do you want to cry or high five
If you wanna cry it’s because to them a mask is symbolic & to us
it ain’t even a symbol
That’s a sick thing
A bold statement
For someone who is so shallow
They think so small they take a value
They buy values
It’s a guise of the worst kind
To hide their self intolerance
As they looked to another and only said
Is it time
yet
To show we are tolerant
That’s fake agreement
not tolerance
We didn’t say okay ever & still see freedoms when they think liberty
If you live life boldly and you
don’t have to define a feeling
It’s the ultimate insult to say
It’s time to agree
Mask if you’re down
with us for us
You can’t buy a big thing and only now want to fake a state of being
Called understanding
You don’t fool me
You only understand one thing
compliance
The year the naked ego needed only another ego to understand nothing
of value to me
In my ode to 2020
I declare
It’s only cool if you’re kind
Kind is a big thing you never had
you value yourself only
Those in mourning
Know that the American dream & its beauty is in spirit and that’s enough
To wake up happy for
its heart only
dream big & keep going