20/365 1/30 Timely Rhetoric

We doubt the ad campaigns
raise eyebrows at the list of possible side effects
and wonder if the man in the ice cream truck
is a pedophile

Nothing is simple anymore.

We dead-bolt our doors
assume a simple lock is not enough
apply hand sanitizer
after washing our hands

Still we do not trust this to be enough.

We keep good news as secrets
stifle urges to display affection in public
restrict our favorite songs to earbuds
so no one else can hear

We're all hiding something.
It always seems to make sense
at the time.