For the last 70 or so days, New York has been eerily quiet. That is except for the 7pm nightly cheer for Healthcare and other essential workers. When I leave my building in the am and when I return, I often get a cheer and a “thank you”. I don’t really feel the need to receive a cheer but I do love hearing noise. That is, noise other than breaking news or the latest projections and contemplations as to how we get back to normal.
I want to hear kids laughing and running in the streets. I want to hear bicycle bells. I want to hear the ice cream truck. I want to overhear odd conversation snippets.
The sounds are coming back. There is still eeriness at times. However, the sounds are coming and those will bring great joy.
Categories: Culture, current events, mental health, new york, photography, Psychology, writing prompt
psychologistmimi 
OG i Love Happy Crowds my Affective
Empathy, Feelings, Senses are always
so Turned up when i am Healthy
It’s Really Bliss for me
to be in the
Middle of
A Happy Festival
on the Other Hands
if all the People Disappeared
my Sister and Wife would be so
Much Happier Alone in focus to
Be Perusing the Arts and Crafts
Purchasing whatever touched their
Fancy but oh no not me i like to look
but the People are so much more fun to
Feel All the Joy they Bring A Sea of Celebration
Festivity is! Smiles.. all those Years i looked forward
to the Fall Festivals that Bring Folks Up toward the Holiday
Season as Days Get Shorter and might otherwise Feel Dreary..
but see i never
Knew i never
sensed
i never
felt that i had
the Freedom to
Become a Dancing
Festival of one that way
Festivals are Year ’round
Within wherever i go keeping
Enough Social Distancing in Public
Dancing So my 240 American Pounds
Doesn’t Locomotive anyone Over as i spin
Like the Milky Way Faster and Faster like
An Earth Globe on Feet.. hmm.. i always
felt like i was preparing for some kind of
other Environmental Challenge to
come from all the Imbalance
in the World that Apathy
of those in Charge
continues
to Bring
Even Now
as the ‘Trump’
Hits the Fan but true
as long as i Social Distance
My Festivity none of the ‘Trump
Stuff’ will get on me and at best the
Dance Festival Will Take me to my Last
Breath of Dance and Song With a Smile
And Hopefully if anyone finds out i’ve passed
away all they will say is he danced let’s do it too!
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I can’t imagine what living in NYC has been like – our youngest daughter is in Troy, and that’s terrifying enough. NYC is and will always be a special place – I just wish I had had the energy to see more of it when we lived in NJ. It’s one more of the negative things to chalk up to chronic illness.
That daughter has spent a huge amount of time in the city – and has friends living there – and loves Broadway. I envy her so much.
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