I think your first microessay hits the immediate problem many people are facing right now if interpreted as follows. Public servants aka The State are interfering with those individual statues in a way so intrusive to before - mentally, and with Covid™ et cetera, physically - where the smokescreen is 'to help you' but with what seems to be active malice against the individual, and integral parts of that statue - culture, family and community, health and happiness - a whole agenda to disrupt and destroy for some other goal. I understand the more personal touch of the essay within relations with others, but this parallel interpretation came to mind. Thoughtful stuff, regardless 👍