Theatre Kid Tragedy
The [redacted] performing arts theatre still stands.
{usually, we wish it didn’t}
Sitting in one corner, news gets out about fire
California continues to burn
Students continue to lose home
The [redacted] performing arts theatre still stands.
{It’s not as home as it wants to be}
The school got another threat today
another day will not be cancelled
another long conversation about gun control
The [redacted] performing arts theatre still stands.
{It’s students aren’t as safe as they feel}
The people inside fall apart
crumbling, by their own hands
shattering, like the fake windows
shouting, like there’s nothing better to do
acting, like it’s the only thing keeping us together
The [redacted] performing arts theatre still stands.
{usually, we wish it didn’t.}
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