Hey Did You Hear?

Hey did you hear?

About the wife and the husband and the talk show host? And the banjo player? The tall Twitch streamer? Or the British TV star who said some things, or maybe not? Did they stop by and chat with your amygdala this week?

Questions, all questions. No answers, just questions.

How'd you first hear? Who let you know? A colleague, a headline, a dinging slab of glass? Who wanted you to know? And why? Do they know you? Do they care? Did you help them keep pace, tell the boss, tell the team?

Did you dive in deep? Or just glimpse on a scroll? Did you want to stay clear, but couldn't say no?

What did your grandparents' parents think about, in early-mid March, ten decades ago? Did they live on a farm, a city, in town? Were their thoughts close or distant? Did they fret or feel grateful? What would it feel like to sit in their mind? How does a test pilot feel in a rickshaw?

Who will you tell, in one year, or three? Will you still bring it up? Will you remember at all?

How did great grandma feel as she aged? Did time slow down, or did it go quick? Did she feel she'd had plenty, or did she wish for more? Did she live in the past or stay fixed ahead? When did she leave? Where is she now?

What about next week, who's up next? When will you hear? Who will you tell?

When do you laugh? What makes you calm? What do you hope for, what song makes you fly? Who do you love? And who loves you back? What gives you Flow while muting your fears? What exactly, in this sliver of time and space, soars your spirit and skips your heart and makes you foolishly thrilled for the future?

Hey did you hear?