weekends at the vineyard meant   in part   

getting away from the city

the pressure of constant interaction   

its numbing effects

it was nice having space   and air to breathe

in a bucolic   rural setting   

it's been five months   five months

of device-oriented confinement   

not unpleasant   certainly not

an excess of people within these four walls   

i guess i'm a little lonely   i find myself

chatting with my shadow on my morning run   

airing thoughts   mollifying anxiety

it is a one-sided conversation   

but it is something   if not someone

with a physical   though ever-changing    presence