Day: June 19, 2020

“Just the state of the world,” she said, tears falling one by one. She brushed her long brown hair—that had grown considerably longer this year—off of her downcast face. She hardly knew where to begin. This day, like all since the start of the pandemic, she gave every ounce of dwindling energy to her job. Her couch joined her little dog in becoming a constant companion. Even with a shortened workday, she was exhausted. The number of Covid-19 deaths everywhere continued to climb by the day. Peaceful protesters in the nation’ s capital were met with rubber bullets, tear gas,