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is having noise during your work. It’s not very helpful to have a lot of noise
when you are trying to focus. The noise wasn’t very beneficial but you get used
to it. The noise made people tired of it because there was traffic with cars that
beep and constant talking in the train. If you had a headache before going on
the train, it would get way worse during your time on the train. During the
night, it was very hard to sleep if you’re on the bottom floors of the building
and facing the street because there were a lot of people outside and going to
restaurants, bars, and events and because they were happy, they were talking,
laughing, and screaming.

A lot of people are moving out of NY and NY isn’t going to be the same
again. You can get the virus by droplets from talking or sneezing or coughing.
That’s why people aren’t having good times anymore and are social distancing
because they are scared. This virus doesn’t have a treatment for it, which caus-
es it to be out of control. But maybe after a strong rain, a rainbow will appear in
the sky and then the sun will come out (metaphorically) and our lives will go
back to normal.

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“Waiting” by Melanie Moreira, Gotham Academy