Conspicuous absence


Conspicuous absence

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Forlornly absent (Photo by Mateusz Dach on Pexels.com)

He used to sit there watching

through the window

Now the chair looks

forlornly empty.

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Where are the people? (Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich on Pexels.com)

Where are the customers?

Are the drivers working from home?

Where are the people on the street?

Emptiness (Photo by Brett Sayles on Pexels.com)

It’s a quantum leap

for online shoppings.

Will the malls be irrelevant?

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4 Comments

  1. haoyando's avatar haoyando says:
    20th Feb 2022 at 10:10 pm

    What a haunting post with haunting images.

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  2. Geoff Stamper's avatar Geoff Stamper says:
    2nd Oct 2021 at 3:06 am

    I think shops with products you can easily order online are in trouble. Restaurants, movie theaters, beauty salons, etc. will be mall friendly.

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  3. Ab's avatar Ab says:
    1st Oct 2021 at 7:06 am

    I went into the office today after working remotely for most of the last year and a half. It is a very different world out there for sure. Subways and buses very empty even during rush hour. I hope things fully return to normal one day soon.

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    1. Chen Song Ping's avatar Chen Song Ping @ TPTan says:
      1st Oct 2021 at 7:37 am

      Very few window shoppers walking around, too!

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