Zhihong Xu AP English 12 Slam Poetry My Weekend They ask me Z, what did you do this weekend? id ! look like !

went out with "riends? id ! look like ! went out to a #arty? id ! look like ! might or might not ha$e engaged in illegal a%ti$ities? What do you think ! look like? Sin%e you&re so interested in my li"e, #lease, let me enlighten you' ! #ut on a uni"orm' (ow a)out you? ! ser$ed my %ommunity' (ow a)out you? (ow you ask? (ow? ! dro$e around in an am)ulan%e and tried to sa$e some goddamn li$es' id you %ome a%ross a #regnant mother in a %ar %rash? id you work a %ardia% arrest "or "orty minutes only to see your e""orts were in $ain? id you see the lights o" li"e "ade away "rom the eyes o" your #atient, while you stood there ho#elessly as she )led out? eath is in my *o) title' +ut so is li"e' ! had the #ri$ilege o" ser$ing a $eteran who ser$ed this %ountry ! had the honor o" treating a neigh)or' !" !, i" we had not )een there, the dia)eti% yesterday would ha$e most %ertainly )e%ome another statisti%, another entry in the o)ituary' The #leasure "rom the mari*uana ! %ould ha$e smoked, the al%ohol ! %ould ha$e %onsumed, the girl ! %ould ha$e'' ! re%ei$ed instead "rom the sight o" seeing my #atients who ha$e re%o$ered' That was my weekend' (ow was yours?