Never commit such a fathead blunder

The San Marino trip to Italy, for 24 wks

got finalized, I was overexcited

felt blessed to be sent by my company,

I reached and d' untold pandemic started

Unpredicted lockdown everywhere,

an odd occurrence, no scope to go out,

hundreds dying every single day,

scared to open d' doors and peep out

Balcony the safest location to go,

tired of sitting at home for last 3 wks

several others stay in this apartment,

yet chose to go today for a rooftop visit

If by chance, someone is there,

my social distancing norm will be gone

gathered courage masked the face,

looked for a pair of gloves to put on

Covered d' body, almost totally sealed,

careful not to touch latches, lift buttons

d' grills, door handles, bar of d' staircase,

reached d' rooftop with a lot of hesitation

No one there felt quite cheerful,

occupied  an empty cement bench

kept  d' back towards d' tender sun,

heard someone's approaching footsteps

A fair slim middle-aged Italian lady,

came and sat on d' nearby bench

addressed me with a good morning,

with a depressed dry shrunken face

Looked downwards, tacitly passed d' time

in d' front apartment some happenings

a police vehicle was stabled on d' road,

cops in uniform busy exploring something

I asked, "any idea, what's going on there?"

with a half lifted head responded d' lady

"police broke the front door to discover,

an aged female's  half-decomposed body"

She must have died 3 to 4 days back,

for a stink, neighbours informed d' police

photography from various angles over,

interrogation is in progress it seems

Inquisitively I asked, "you know her?",

"Yah, Isabella, her spouse has a factory

1500 km away, stays there to manage,

comes here once in a fortnight if free

Isabella stays with in-laws and 2 kids,

now in the house left no alive person

all killed of d' corona, she d' last to die,

oh God, how all wrong could happen"

Boarded d' train, to be back at home,

to gossip with the kids, dine together

pass valued time with family, in unison

to enjoy the entire lockdown period

To make people aware, publicity made

by mass media, tv, radio announcement

those arrive from outside state territory,

to report in d' assigned centres of Govt.

A 2 wks isolation at home or in Hospital,

might be needed if d' test comes positive

it's no penalty, as most people presume,

only to protect the family and relatives

He never bothered to inform anyone,

in the eagerness to meet the children

enjoyed full one wk with no dithering,

corona kills aged guys, sat in his brain

His father developed breathing trouble,

doctors found him to be corona positive

samples were tested for d' entire family,

no one negative, all contacted d' disease

All shifted to Hospital to different rooms,

separated, not allowed to see each other

d' wellbeing of others could be learned,

only from d' on-duty doctors and sisters

Isabella recovered after a long 25 days,

asked to go home with a release certificate

but was frightfully shocked to learn that,

all except her brawled, had terrible deaths

The sky crumbled on her, she appealed

the coroner to see their dead bodies

but by then no opportunity left, already

one after d' other, all were buried

She came home, it was no more home,

a deserted house, with barren spaces

in all nook and corners only floated,

their corona crucified shrivelled faces

Spent seven days in d' devastated site,

with little or no food and no sleep at all

what to do, where to go she was unsure,

life seemed to be an unsolved puzzle

No relatives came to Hospital to see her,

in corona time, no one can take a chance

nothing was of any use, d' factory, house,

property, ornaments or d' bank balance

She collapsed while sitting on the chair,

due to dilemmas, insomnia, and tension

might have conquered the corona battle,

survival seemed absurd in this situation

Might have suffered a hefty heart attack,

died of it in d' lonely house 4 days back

 her decomposed body is recovered now,

an autopsy only can tell d' cause of death

But how she knows it all in vivid detail?
I got an incoming message in d' mobile
notification regarding d' death of a lady,
of this area with her photo and profile
It's d' same lady to whom I did talk to,
face got lifted from mobile in an instant
eyes probed d' bench where she seated,
no one found sitting there, it lied vacant

A gush of cold wind passed by me,

her endmost appeal I could recall

obscurely mumbled deep into my ear,

never commit such a fathead blunder