032020

Pandemic for the introvert

I rarely see anyone
At the office, students chatter and laugh next door
We nod in the hall
Attend a meeting every couple of months
See many at the newly prescribed safe distance
But that's all, well
grocery shopping every week
The flower lady, expat from Wisconsin
Cute produce mgr, promoted from stocker
Checker, auntie to one of my caregivers
But that's all, except for neighbors
Church friends, but
We've only been going there
30 years
Family, who can't visit
But that's all, except
Art openings, restaurants, art festival downtown

Nowhere to go