Flags raised to full-mast...like the next unspeakable tragedy that makes us lower them back to half-mast isn't right around the corner...like the empty thoughts and unanswered prayers aren’t closely behind...along with the new set of hashtags…the tears…and the whys…then the nothing that comes next.
Always the nothing...then repeat...forevermore.
Alana King teaches English and Humanities and works with first-generation college students.
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