"Yes, frontline. If the frontline is over there, we work over here."
Even when badly housed and fed, they survive, and have done so for longer than just about anybody else. For vast stretches, they've also achieved greatness. Though the evidence may be grimy, corroded, blackened or crumbling, it's more than stupendous enough to awe. In that sense, they're champs.
With ordinary life still masked, quarantined, sanctioned and canceled in much of the world, I'm blessed to be in this magnificently alive city. Into its river, I swim.
Even when badly housed and fed, they survive, and have done so for longer than just about anybody else. For vast stretches, they've also achieved greatness. Though the evidence may be grimy, corroded, blackened or crumbling, it's more than stupendous enough to awe. In that sense, they're champs.
With ordinary life still masked, quarantined, sanctioned and canceled in much of the world, I'm blessed to be in this magnificently alive city. Into its river, I swim.
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