I always swore I would not let fear direct my life.
There are stories I will share when Mama can’t hear me.
She gave out fear like hugs and kisses. That was her form of love.
I have refused to share my fear as fear, so I disguise it in other forms.
healthy foods, vitamins, warm clothes, socks, blankets, wine…
My new fear product is Covid-19 masks.

I envision the virus as a plume of poison wafting in the air
until someone I love sucks it into their lungs.
This is why I am crazy. My imagination runs wild and free.
Since March, I have been making masks.

I work until my hands shake or cramp or my back hurts.
I call my sewing room ‘Purgatory.’
I make batches of similar colors. Right now I have a red and green holiday theme going.
I mail my masks to people who…
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