Do We Have to Wear a Mask? A Poem
As told to me by children.
“Do We Have to Wear a Mask?”
“Do we have to wear a mask when we go back to school?”
“The world is filled with germs”.
“Stay home!”
“If we go outside we will die.”
“You can’t see the germs with a magnifying glass!”
“You can’t see it with a microscope or even a telescope either.”
“How will we eat our lunch if we have masks on?! That’s so silly!”
“Do you want to see my mask?”
“I had to put it on when people came too close!”
“Our president is trying to kill us! He told us to drink chemicals.”
“When the germs go away you can come to my house for a playdate!”
“When the germs are gone you can come to my house, too.”
Moment of silence.
“Wait, will the germs ever go away?”
The germs have always been here. Good and bad ones. Like humans.
“You can can wear a mask and stay far away from me!”
“You can’t wear my mask and I can’t wear your mask.”
Moment of silence.
Yes, we have to wear a mask.
We’re really good at this.
We always caught our coughs and our sneezes in our elbows disguised as capes.
Catch it in your cape don’t let it escape.
We always washed our hands and sang Happy Birthday simultaneously.
Now, we have another accessory of our superhero way of being.
A mask. It goes well with our capes everyone.
From the Playground 