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Post-Covid Life: The Sounds of Humans

2020-10-11

now that perth has had quite a reprieve from Covid-19, and has started cautiously lifting restrictions, i am hearing sounds that i haven’t heard in months:

people chattering, in loud numbers at gatherings

it is instantly calming, listening to people congregate and laugh and exchange words (:

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