What I think I hear is, ‘You’re dreaming with pregnant frogs’. I ask, ‘What?’ Eli replies, ‘You’re dreaming with pregnant frogs’. I pause and consider this ugly image. My silence spurs him on with a much needed clarification. ‘You just told me you are having crazy dreams and troubled mind trauma because of all of this virus nonsense; this Covid. I told you what we say in Spanish about that sort of thing. You are dreaming with pregnant frogs’.
I think about it and decide that this is a perfect description of all things virus related. Consider the image of ‘icky’ things dashing around in all directions and not running well because these dreadful ‘icky’ things are fat full with fear and anxiety and more parts and bits of ‘icky’ things.
I am not a fan of amphibians or reptiles for that matter. I am not a fan of this virus. The ‘ick’ factor surges strongly…
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