self-quarantine

even the shadow

shies away

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last kiss--

the gap barricades

my extended hand

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masked face

I identify the flowers

of the garden

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24/7…

news headlines

about covid-19

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noiseless

roadside trees

turn greener

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dawn to dusk--

the street dogs

bark each other

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winter rain

the signboard reads

covid-19 patients

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rooftop

I listen to

sea of silence

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the old man googles in isolation an art of living

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https://spillwords.com/covid-19-by-pravat-kumar-padhy/