From My Desk I See

without moving anything but my eyes I see a mouse pad, computer, power cord, phone fork, knife, spoon, half eaten chunk of meatloaf stapler, scissors, Clorox wipes Jason Reynolds and Ibram X Kendi’s books Stamped without leaving my seat at my desk I see two bottles of hand sanitizer, my work badge, a red cloth face mask I am tired of wearing an address book with a multitude of squiggles which no one else could read they might possibly think I was mentally ill if they got closer by turning only my head to the right I see two notebooks three pens, one of them happily has red ink an oversized yellow bottle of water I continually knock over a roll of blue tape, and a walkie talkie that needs plugged in I am looking to the left now. Three posters One says “Effort and Perseverance are the Keys to Success” There is a blue chair with an ugly hexagonal print in yellow A bookcase with kinesthetic sand which I love as much as the children Welcome to an Elementary School Counselor’s Office The Marmite Poem Poetry Contest Sponsor: Natasha L Scragg Written 8-17-2021