One Regret

One regret, dear world,
That I am determined not to have
When I am lying on my deathbed
Is that
I did not kiss you enough.

—Hafiz

What regret are you determined not to hold as you pass from one world into another? From life to death? From a world without, and now infused with Covid?

Taken on the eve of my birthday, and just as the pandemic was taking hold.

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