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bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

0 posted 2003-03-15 12:13 PM

"Oh, the pain,"
he moaned --
someone's grandfather,
someone's father --
from across the hall.

"The pain is right."
A non sequitur for the night,
as my veins kept communion
with fluid spikes.

"The pain is right here."
I turned on my side
as he rattled a cough.
I slept in the gauze
of drugged, dream-filled sleep.

In which the hours grew warm
and still in the window,
as machines pulsed and breathed,
surrounding my bed.

In which the hours grew golden
without latent nausea.
Her picture a flower
that bloomed in my hand.

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

1 posted 2003-03-15 12:18 PM

Mike  - hugs for you and that beautiful "flower" . . .
*wink*
hope all is well . . .  xxoo

Anvrill
Senior Member

since 2002-06-21

Posts 710
in the interzone now

2 posted 2003-03-15 12:18 PM

It just suddenly struck me that my picture blooming is a very odd image.

I love you. Love this poem. Gives me the creeps, since hospitals blow, but...

Beyond glad yr okay, and back, and everything...

remember the sound
that could wake the dead
but nobody woke up at all

rs

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

3 posted 2003-03-15 12:22 PM

lw, you're quick responding!

I'm doin' fine. Thanks for the concern, and for reading.

Lorigrrl, yes, I don't like hospitals myself that much. But, this is the only time in my 26 years that I've been hospitalized, and I still say that's a pretty good track record.

Love you.

Me

wranx
Member Elite

since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

4 posted 2003-03-15 01:10 AM

Look dude! You stay outta them places as much as you can. But? takin' the flower in with you, was a great idea.

You cool? Hope so!

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

5 posted 2003-03-15 02:23 AM

I hope you're ok!!! This is a chilling real life tale - don't do it again ok?

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

6 posted 2003-03-15 03:34 AM

next time you wanna scare me?

Try saying "boo."

(sometimes it works...

)

I'll talk to you about the poem later, you.
First we hug.

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

7 posted 2003-03-15 03:57 AM

You know what the doc says, take an Anvrill and call me in the morning. I been to the hospital more than enough..cracked ribs, ankles,stomache ailments, blood disease you know all the fun stuff. Take care Mike get better if you havent already

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

8 posted 2003-03-15 11:24 PM

Thanks for the concern, everyone. And sen? Hugs back. Basically, I went in for a urinary tract infection. However, UTIs are exceedingly rare in guys, so they were afraid it might be a complication having to do with my heart condition, so they wanted to keep me for observation. Then they found high levels of a chemical in my blood stream that usually signifies a major heart attack has occurred. Luckily, that was a red herring, and, after three days of being fed fluids through a needle in my arm, here I am!

I've seen this happen
in other people's lives.
Now it's happening in mine.

The Smiths

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