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Big Thoughts from a Small Room While Awaiting My COVID Results

Thu Jan 28, 2021 | 10:51am

“Just keep looking straight ahead,” the woman said as she fed the cotton-tipped stick up my nostril, through my brain, and into my soul.

It was my first time being tested. I told her so before the prodding began.

Credit: United Nations COVID-19 Response/Unsplash

“It’s not fun,” she had warned me — and she spoke the truth. It was uncomfortable, it brought tears to my eyes, and it went on forever.

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