Call from Health Department: voice claimed Eliza was exposed to COVID-19, should quarantine.

Eliza shivered, hung up. This was Anthony’s fault. They’d met behind the Nitty Gritty wearing masks, thought it’d be OK.

Her husband appeared. “Who’s calling you?”

“Lady looking for a jerk I never heard of,” said Eliza.

Shoshauna Shy finds the pandemic provides a lot of writing material. Read more about what she does at PoetryJumpsOfftheShelf.com.