The View from Viral Inside

Have you ever noticed that when you are sick, even just a bit sick, time stops and there is only the uncomfortable now? This was the start of today’s draft.

Take care of yourselves, dear ones. You are precious. And fragile.

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedThe paradox of congestion is:the more your head fillsthe more it floats.And if we call it a low-grade fever,is that because your skin will barely passthe back-of-the-hand touch test? In the middle of a viral weektime stops. There is only now.Fatigued, congested, fevered now.You are immersed in this infinity pool -- it is a container, and must have edges.You won't find them until you touch them.