This week, Mikaela Brewer’s poem explores a student’s experience of feeling overwhelmed nearing back-to-school season. Sometimes, though the best preparation is soaking up every last ounce of summer, we forget that this includes rest (the same way an extra few hours of sleep before an exam will often be more beneficial than a few more hours of late-night studying).

Here's an excerpt of the poem (the full written & visually formatted versions can now be found & read at mikbrew.substack.com!):

We’ll wander around our house thinking about preparing while really, unable to think.

We’ll stand in our shower trying to scrub & rinse away overwhelm by scribbling those three words across the flexible fibreglass in the milky soap-ink of shampoo, conditioner, hot water & cold: back to school.

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