There’s something scary in the dark and the adults need cartoons to help them sleep at night
\nafter we open their phones all day for the state-mandated doses of paralyzing fear.<\/p>\n
What’s left to do but reach out for some kind of comfort?
\nBut the small talk is tinged with violence.<\/p>\n
suspicion, the other– is it you?
\nWho do I blame?
\nIs it you?
\nIt’s them.
\nAre they you?
\netc.<\/p>\n
Terror and reprieve from the terror – whiplash
\ncontent, engagement, repeat.<\/p>\n
Like our Airbnb host in Lisbon, a woman from Angola, said as she looked at her grandson watching cartoons,
\n“It’s good to distract the mind.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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