The energy of the characters already departed still linger. It's a reverse Truman show. We are all encased in this bubble of unpredictable mayhem. But we too have our seasons. Choruses in time.
Winter brings cold and flu epidemics, as well as snowboard injuries.
Summers are filled with bee stings, rashes, and bicycle injuries. When ambulances roll into the parking lot this month they send flurries of dry, yellow leaves onto the sidewalk. Elderly woman with sudden onset weakness, dizziness, and headache. She had her flu shot yesterday. In the back lounges posters are up and the cheerleaders of public health are all smiles in what must be one of their hardest sells of the year.