literal litter

Litter is a kind of symbolic language, telling one about the life and times of a society. I’ve noticed the new litter features many discarded face masks.

after-the-fact analysts

You don’t get any credit for identifying a problem or solving a problem in retrospect. Only action in real-time matters.

deadfall

Being a smidge over 6-feet tall, I was glad that with social distancing should I fall dead in a line at the grocery store, I’d only brush past one of my fellow human beings.

step up

He preferred solitude to company, so when the virus hit he volunteered for quarantine.