{"id":249,"date":"2017-03-17T12:13:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T19:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usc2017.nextgenradio.org\/?p=249"},"modified":"2017-03-17T15:48:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T22:48:28","slug":"a-post-production-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usc2017.nextgenradio.org\/a-post-production-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"A Post Production Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m not going to lie<\/p>\n

I was pretty fly<\/p>\n

Rocking that hijab like, “Oh my!”<\/p>\n

My headphones rested upon my\u00a0head<\/p>\n

It was silence, a peace of mind and my words that I shed<\/p>\n

‘Cause it wasn’t about what I said<\/p>\n

But about what I made you hear<\/p>\n

And I wanted my story’s message to be clear<\/p>\n

So I edited like crazy ’cause of fear<\/p>\n

I had to finish in time<\/p>\n

To write this blog and make it rhyme<\/p>\n

Before Friday’s deadline chimed<\/p>\n

Traci Tong kept track on the whiteboard<\/p>\n

When it came to check marks, she was lord<\/p>\n

So there was no time to be bored<\/p>\n

I completed task after task<\/p>\n

Seeking guidance was easy. I just asked.<\/p>\n

Some days I wore a mask<\/p>\n

I was exhausted and didn’t even say<\/p>\n

I went home with no time to play<\/p>\n

After my head was filled with sounds all day<\/p>\n

So many thoughts were streaming through my mind<\/p>\n

My classmates told me that I’d be fine<\/p>\n

My friends and family told me that I’d shine<\/p>\n

Walked in there every day like a boss<\/p>\n

Finished early with no time lost<\/p>\n

To make sure they remembered me as the girl who had too much sauce!<\/p>\n

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Intisar Seraaj gestures to the whiteboard where her check marks are plentiful. Photo by Elizabeth Aguilera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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