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"Wake up to the intolerable sound of glass being swept off right outside your apartment. Run down to the building& #39;s ground floor to switch the main circuit breaker back on after yet another scorching night of power cuts. (1)
Head to ur nearest bank, now adorned with defensive military fortifications, so u can draw out ur consistently diminishing weekly allowance. Run into a makeshift Covid-19 testing center where medical residents in hazmat suits r tending to 100s outside an abandoned parking lot.(2)
Wait in line as several ppl who& #39;d made it b4 u to the ATM fight off tears or yell at dysfunctional security cameras. Dispel rumors being loudly voiced by a student standing in the front that banks might issue a circular this week imposing further capital ctrls on our accts. (3)
Pass by a mini-market to find that the price of coffee and milk have doubled overnight; hide out in a corner as pigs in police uniform barge in to ask the cashier whether Syrian workers employed here have their papers in check. (4)
Freak out at the sight of road traffic, at any and all signs of things violently resuming their normal course. Reciprocate the crass stares being thrown your way by soldiers carrying heavy weaponry and terrorizing your neighborhood. (5)
Project the mucus you’d accumulated from smoking onto a billboard featuring regenerated cities and perseverant communities. Receive a Whatsapp message from a friend alarmingly claiming he caught the virus while repairing another friend’s house, (6)
and one from a distant relative asking if you know someone with cash to spare for an Ethiopian family being refused help by local NGOs and relief initiatives. Make sure your landlord doesn’t hear you coming back into the apartment. (7)
Apologize to your cats upon your return for providing them with subpar meals. Fail at responding to a bunch of work-related emails that ingenuously “hope you& #39;re keeping well.” (8)
Ignore that 4pm Zoom meeting set up by a group of disoriented political organizers so you don’t get accused of hindering their efforts when you suggest an armed struggle as the only viable exit. Send an encouraging text or two to loved ones; (9)
some haven& #39;t been able to leave their beds for weeks and others are struggling to pay rent. Ask your pharmacist on the phone if they’ve secured out-of-stock melatonin supplements so you can sleep through nightmares of succumbing to an Israeli airstrike. (10)
Tell ur father u mght be able to get volunteers to come install a front door for his office nxt wk.Beg ur mother to stop buying into fake news of security threats in ur area. Put in a reminder to ctct social security,as they’ve yet to reimburse medical purchases made last yr.(11)
Scroll through news outlets to see whether they’d managed to find one of the 52 remaining missing persons from the explosion. Resist the urge to take more than one nap a day. (12)
Block an imbecile on Facebook for sharing articles that trivialize collective suffering &dabble in conspiracy-driven whodunnits.Tell urself it’s fine to drink that bit of whiskey a colleague smuggled from abroad before the sun sets.Try not to panic as u catch urself coughing (13)
Read a verified report about Turkey shipping off artillery to groups in North Lebanon. Refresh webpages of closed-down embassies to know whether they’ll soon take in visa appointments again. Remember to buy cigarettes before nighttime curfew is enforced. (14)
Ensure that you’re not facing a window as you adjust your sleeping position. (15)
To whoever wrote this : I felt every word, every thought, every pause..
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