Stray Thoughts: On the 8th Day of COVID

On the first day, I knew something was wrong.

Despite having normally sharp senses

I completely lost my sense of smell.

On the second day, I lost my sense of hope

(but that may have been a post-election effect).

On the third day, the headaches came…

and with them, confusion and a thick, fogginess

that I just couldn’t shake. Headaches are something I haven’t

had more than a half a dozen times in my life. M…