On re-entry

- a little shaky on the dismount.

We are the most locked-down city in the world, yet, reopening seemed too soon for me. I was simultaneously anxious about and eager to break out. I wanted to eat noodles out of a bowl in the restaurant, I wanted to visit friends inside their houses, I wanted to eat a pastry that wasn’t clumsily made by me, I wanted to eat off a plate I didn’t wash and cr…