Auditorium Theatre 2018-19 Issue 2 Too Hot to Handel

JANUARY 19+20, 2019 | TOO HOT TO HANDEL | 5 POETRY CONTEST This Small Community Written by Chloe Johnson, 7 th grade student at Philip Rogers Elementary School In the cold, in the heat. The trees, bushes, and grass stand. Dead or alive, crowded on the street. As dewy as rain, as dry as sand. The cluster of houses, full of life. A roof over your head during the day, A warm bed to sleep in at night. The elder couple next door, withered but sweet. The young parents with their wild children. Soon to gather, their laughter tweets. Things seen quiet and slow, But a closer look will give you The real thing that’s to show. Soon you will be included, too. Whether old on the verge of death, Or in the process of being born. All will stand together, no one to be left. For the ones of the new and the worn. This small community welcomes all And will mourn in departure.