I see them coming from behind the layer of mesh glass being lead by a white coat to the table of pastels and crayons where us fuck ups scribble serenity onto a blank page. They’re not not my friends or family, it’s the emaciated late teen’s next to me, the one who’s too lost to…
Tag: Medicine
What You Need to Know About Your Caesarean Section
Turning the pamphlet’s well-worn and underlined pages,in the soft green waiting room,comparing bellies; yours ripe and ready,mine a dream-filled pillow. Choosing the one, that was hard,the right one, my ideal other,the right hair, right eyes.Everything must be perfect for baby, The plan meticulous,your home towna twenty-five minute drive,just over the state line. Our meeting “Hey,…
Elegy for the Lost Minutes
The woman with the wheelchair-bound husbandis losing kindness in front of the elevators. We are standingin the car she has been waiting for for what seems like hours. We are thinking of inconsequential things – sandwich, cookies, coffee, weekend – clutching our wallets close to our chests,while the woman holds what’s left of her kindness…
Alone, Ypsilanti
I have this dream. This dream where everything goes wrong. It all goes wrong and my teeth fall out. They crack and break and fall out of my head. I’ll be talking to someone – my girlfriend, my mom, my dentist – and it starts. I’m talking and then I’m watching my teeth fall out….
Scalpel, Sponge, Forceps
Help me hold this angel down;you will notice that his wings are beating back very rapidly against the operating bench,almost as though he is aware that he will not live through this procedure. One almost regrets that this is necessary. Pay close attention to his lips and eyes as we work together; watch for dilationand…
Op Techs
Even our shoes muffled, we drift in herds down their streets, bodies flapping cloths of liquid blues and greens. We sink to feeding. Our voices slice the air above slabbed bread or meat, accustomed sights. We rejoice like gardeners in pride of pruning, in snips and rearranging, success and failure fenced by useless bones and…