I Wrote This At 4am: Sick With Covid

Writing at 4:00 a.m. isn't about productivity; it’s about survival. When you’re too weak to even open a laptop, grabbing a pen and paper

I don’t know you. But at this precise, frozen moment in the night, we are the same. Your throat hurts? Mine too. You just coughed so hard you saw a brief flash of your ancestors? Welcome to the club. You’re wondering if the third rapid test you took was a false negative, or if this is just the new variant that feels like a hangover from a wedding you never attended? I’m right there with you. i wrote this at 4am sick with covid

without thinking about it—the casual luxury of an unobstructed throat. It seems like a lifetime ago. Writing at 4:00 a