I’ve been writing,
reflecting in my journal
and thinking just what you asked:

Why does this
feel different from the
already self
isolated state we live in?

The closest I’ve come to it is a
feeling that’s like those
wire-framed screen covers
people put on food in the summer to
keep the flies off.

They also keep out some light.

That’s how I feel.

One of those is over everything
not suffocating but
dimming, creating a feeling
not of safety but of
enclosure.