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.
