Closed For Now: A Pandemic Experience

my throat feels tight

the back of my head

seems nasal

(cough) . . .

2020 arrived like a gut punch.

Australia burned all through that summer, and before the smoke had cleared a new disaster swept in - Covid 19. Masks became part of daily life, borders were closed, and Victoria entered the first of seven lockdowns. Movement, work, and connection with other people were suddenly uncertain.

Frank Prem had already been journalling the wildfires. He continued through the pandemic, capturing the strange ...