Once, before, when it looked as if those times had passed, disappeared, been relegated to then, when there was optimism and joy in the world and when words made sense and life wasn’t upside down, then, then, I remember. I remember being…

Once, before, when it looked as if those times had passed, disappeared, been relegated to then, when there was optimism and joy in the world and when words made sense and life wasn’t upside down, then, then, I remember. I remember being…