"The coughing, the moaning, my wife says. Inevitably, my wife gets Covid. Unlike me, she is bedridden, and barely able to lift her head from the pillow."
"All our friends, I say. Pepper, Violet, Summer, Max - Are those the dogs or the owners? she says. The dogs, I say. I don't know any of the owners' names."
"I get up, get dressed and put the lead on the dog. We make our way through the bleak November streets to our favourite park. But when we get there our new friends are nowhere to be seen."
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