blindsided overshadow sgraffito window of time lockdown remembrance of things past ... different trains ... stage left undercurrent contemplating the void some concern ... pinhole hide the abstract i another place another time marker in limbo shutter ghosts in the room herald terminus the pool smoke and mirrors bereft no place to hide social distancing lookout shelterment apprehension dependables the waiter leaf and death late for the end of the world fugue gust early steps out with the old ... yes, I remember him well .... the optimistic snowperson streamers bleak midwinter tussle lost in the woods elevator light and the darkness