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July 9, 2020

The Quarantine Chronicles, Day 86


DAY 86: After 77 days, 77 days during
which I did not breach my threshold
I did not open my safety door
(except 4 times for the grocery kid)
I did not chat with neighbors
from one balcony to another
I stayed home
like being sick
without being sick
to avoid being sick
to help others who are sick
(my little brother far away)
some days I didn't even want
to look outside (we have a wonderful
view) like a smart turtle
sliding further and further
into its shell
until
the surgery, in Milan, fly up
one eye one day one eye the next
four more days recovery fly
back home --
that is a story
worth telling
the blind given
the gift of sight
the dark turtle shell
progressively darker
until the light of a
dangerous trip
a total shift
of perspective
a story that could include
risk of infection
and medical miracles.

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