Today there was a seemingly deranged man on the subway screaming “I smell your fear” and then something about salmon…

A woman with a medical mask looked on - indifferent - holding her coffee and hoping the noise in her earphones would prevail.

Advertisements, green and inviting, cover the walls offering recipes (and ingredients) delivered to sustain ‘home hibernation’.

A lady with latex gloves plays Candy Crush on her phone, her face frowning and intense. Boxes of back-up gloves sitting at her side.

A man spontaneously breaks into a riotous laughter by the door, amused at a story in his head. It cracked the awkward silence.

The news drones on with headlines of confusion. Shelves are empty as questions pile up. Trust is in short supply, but what about hope?…

The panic sets in.