Category Archives: illness

. . . . than a Sick Husband (redux)

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 … Continue reading

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How he brought the good news from the doctor to the wishing well

I was busting out all over It was almost like galloping except I was posting in the car stalled in grid lock while the radio hosts bantered with phone-in opinions on something or other urgently requiring immediate inanity I wanted … Continue reading

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pivot

She could have danced into the next life the next sweet feast the next galaxy instead her head is clamped in a vice of adamantine inertia a black hole around which her galaxy turns inexorable her children have been torn … Continue reading

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