Please keep your distance

If you are an ancient or a medieval leper, keep your distance from everyone else.

If you have taken the orders and become a monk, or if you’re simply an oblate or a novice, keep your distance from the village or the town. Stay in and save souls.

If you’re the lord’s wife, keep your distance from every other lord.

If you’ve been made anathema, keep your distance from the righteous.

If you’re a menstruating woman, keep your distance from the rest of the community, saith the Lord.

If you’re an outlaw on the run, keep your distance from everyone, for your own sake.

If you’re conjuring up dreams, keep your distance from the awaken.

If you’re a Roman patrician, keep your distance from the pleb.

If you’re a Platonician, keep your distance from the sophists.

Maintain social distancing.