Covid-19 in March 2020

 *Covid-19 is around the world and down the street It threatens every single human being alive and I am reeling from the grief of it and the wonder of “now what?”.

I ask when will it end and get no answer. 

How will our world be changed once it has finished its assault? Is there hope for us?

Today I woke with a pain in my belly and a feeling of edgy crankiness. 

When the frosting I was making for a birthday cake failed to be frosting and instead was a type of chocolate soup, I began to cry.

Then I banged my forehead on tan open cupboard door and cried harder. 

It all just  seemed absurd and pointless. 

And what  about those cupboard doors who, when opened, were precisely  at the height of my forehead?  

Who designed this shit anyway?

And that recipe? So very annoying.

And it was raining.

The rain seemed appropriate as it reflected my inner life this morning - soggy and sad.

Unlike these two dogs, who are soggy but very, very happy.