the windows of my house are all open.

because maria, our house cleaner of 15 years, is over.

and my mother read that ventilation helps prevent the spread of covid.

meanwhile, everything is orange.

cars and people roaming the streets as if it were normal.

i am not there, i can only remember beijing

sun glowing dimly through smoke laced fog

trees and buildings melting into urban haze

smog filled lungs like a stone in the chest

the martian skies keep spreading.