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The Covid-19 Is Confining Italian People to Their Houses
New Italian laws are fighting the Coronavirus by asking people to don’t leave home
These days are tough for me and my country. Personally, I feel a bit worn out. Maybe, for my two surgeries and the blood transfusion I had last January; maybe, because after that, I couldn’t do actually anything at all for a month because the surgeon ordered it; maybe, because my area, the notorious Veneto, got under the attack of the Covid-19 and we had to quickly adapt to new rules; or maybe, because my beloved dog, Elmo, my truest friend, passed away suddenly last 4th March.
Those facts are summing up to make me feel heavy like the carp of my poem, about which you can read quickly down here, though, I don’t consider it such a great poem … it only expresses perfectly my present mood, if you were interested.
After my surgeries, I was going back to writing, but I was lacking every strength and concentration. My ability to focus on simple thoughts was gone. I was weak and I decided to let it go for a…
