some people put up rainbows, some people put up skull and crossbones.   
some hug their kids' teddy bears and softly moan when they sleep.

the pandemic is a great leveler but it isn't a great flattener. it surges and waves, it brings 
the terror state home from all borders, abroad and internecine, it see-saws through impregnable walls, it waves like old glory replaced by supple undulating skull and crossbones.