He’s in there coughing
again
He knows that’s what she’s thinking
again
Another cough
hammers an electric spike
through the head bone
connected to the
ankle bone
again
Soggy tissues mount in the open bag
beside the table of corrective medications
magazines
papers
crumbed plates
cups and cutlery
TV schedules
again
Slump
cough
she hears him in the other room
again
About riverwriter
Poet, playwright, duplicate bridge player, website designer, cottager, husband, father, grandfather, former athlete, carpenter, computer helper for my friends, theatre designer, backstage polymath, retired teacher of highschool English, drama, art, a baritone singer in a barbershop quartet, who knows what else?
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Doug also has a Facebook page, "Incognitio", related to his novels.
