Friday, December 9, 2022

hospital food

walking through 

the emergency room 

i have flashbacks 

to last winter 

spending hours, days 

watching my dad 

lying on a stretcher 

hooked up to iv 

and heart monitors 

frail and scared 

and me escaping 

every now and again 

into a dimly lit hallway 

so he wouldn’t see 

my face splashed 

with tears  


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