🎧 to this short 📖 based on everyday, mundane life during covid.

My neighbor pulled into his spot and quickly opened his passenger door...thud.

Out tumbled a box of kleenex and a translucent package, marked by a gregarious bear. The plastic skin hug tight to individual rolls of paper.

He threw a furtive, apologetic glance in my direction.

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People hurried past, mocking smirks hidden in cotton T-shirts, noses buried in surgical masks, and hands skinned in latex.

It was common courtesy to greet the strange old lady that circuits the neighborhood with a grin, slight nod, and a flick of the wrist, but as she tread the pavement, she unflinchingly crossed to the other side, where no concrete had yet been poured, and force her gaze forward.

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