{"id":1189,"date":"2008-11-14T01:06:08","date_gmt":"2008-11-14T05:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2008-11-14T08:24:51","modified_gmt":"2008-11-14T12:24:51","slug":"than-a-sick-husband-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/2008\/11\/14\/than-a-sick-husband-redux\/","title":{"rendered":". . . . than a Sick Husband (redux)"},"content":{"rendered":"

He’s in there coughing
\nagain<\/p>\n

He knows that’s what she’s thinking
\nagain<\/p>\n

Another cough
\nhammers an electric spike
\nthrough the head bone
\nconnected to the
\nankle bone
\nagain<\/p>\n

Soggy tissues mount in the open bag
\nbeside the table of corrective medications
\nmagazines
\npapers
\ncrumbed plates
\ncups and cutlery
\nTV schedules
\nagain<\/p>\n

Slump
\ncough
\nshe hears him in the other room
\nagain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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