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In the ED By Linda Werbner QuailBellMagazine.com  The list of maladies is long and varied: belly button problem spider bite hearing voices
head strike numbness altered mental status SOB “I feel like a helical structure detached in my intestines” bat exposure pain, neck vision problem suicidal ideation auto vs. pedestrian A catalogue of curt and salty poetry Each affliction will be addressed in good time Most of the sufferers wait patiently, quietly in their numbered cubicles A3 has a COPD exacerbation A13 is psychotic, section 12 T1 is drunk. He’s here all the time Most will be discharged home, wherever that is. If they are tearful and distraught, a social worker will be dispatched with empathy and warm ginger ale and maybe a turkey sandwich if there are any left in the mini fridge. 17.7 miles away, you sit on the toilet in the morning reading death poems written by long-dead Japanese poets which I presented to you on the second night of Hanukkah. Outside, approximately 32 feet from your toilet, an adolescent black squirrel digs the cold, hard ground the spot near the spruce tree where you left a pile of hazelnuts the previous spring. He is cold and hungry and pretty certain that this is the spot…. CommentsComments are closed.
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