Sunday, 6 September 2020

Auckland city slept, silence reigned, and I walked about, half dazed.


Lockdown had reduced the city to a murmur.

Smartly dressed office workers seemed to no longer exist.

Jackhammers no longer smashed through concrete.

The hard-hat, orange-clad, ciggie smoking workers had vanished.

I couldn’t tell you who was going to fill the potholes.


Anxiety raced up my spine and into the depths of my psyche.

I was living a day longer than any year I had experienced.

Joviality and fun were somewhere, but they weren’t here.

Only mind-melting, all-pervasive, rotten smelling solitude remained.


I padded along in the sun with increasing sadness.

A deep longing for everyone flooded my emotions.

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