The Reflections on COVID-19 from Generation X

When you grow up with less, you learn how to make a dollar out 15 cents
See Langston was right.
Life ain’t no crystal stair and grit is only a new concept to the comfortable living high on Maslow’s hierarchy.

See when you grow up with little, you can make something out of nothing.
You know how to create calm in the chaos. We know how to maximize with minimal.

We’ve been living the game of Chutes and Ladders. We’ve been watching those who sit securely in the cushy desks slide down the chute while others who have been the backbone of this nation climb up the ladder to save her.
See Patti told us Your Ams to Short to box with God.
She’s right you know
But this is all about show
Healthcare is a human right
Nah, I’m not one to pick a fight
But...
Like Stevie said we living on the edge of..
COVID-19
So forgive me this may sound mean
For all of those who were against Obamacare and said it was like Government cheese
Give your check to essential workers please
As the Dixie Chicks said the rest of us are not ready to make nice
See we are ready to fight
Thirty years ago Chuck- D had it right
Rewind that shit back- Don’t Believe the hype
Agent Orange and Michelin man Mike trying throw us some bones thinking we can’t see through smoke and haze
Have you forgotten we lived through the Reagan Days?

GenX is bringing the peace love and the heat.
Now have a lovely day like Bill said
Be kind like Ellen said

We’ve had 50 years to prepare for this day and Gloria told us we will survive.

We survived long gas lines, HIV/AIDS,
Challenger explosion. May they rest in heaven
We survived Y2K, Rwanda genocide and 9-11

John told us to imagine.

We are each other’s keepers for those who have less or more
We lived long enough to know
We are the one’s we have been waiting for

Stacy Winters
Nurse
Nurse Practitioner
Health Coach
Human

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