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"Poetry is the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash." Leonard Cohen

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Day 2 Small Stone for Summer's River

The Hush of Waiting Rooms



Quiet wraps each patient
In a blanket of isolation
Lost to their own pain
Or the bleakness
That comes from not knowing
What's wrong, what's next
Is it serious; why me, why now ...

1 comment:

  1. The two beginning lines are perfect. THey help set the scene and pulled me in. The ending lines had me thinking of all the reasons why.

    Good work.

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