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Sunday, September 12, 2021

All Over the Place:
After the Broke Hip Is Repaired


In the great lakes of injured bone,
a spinal tap      temperature      a reading of the pulse.
When he arrives from the water’s bottom to the light
Recovery      no pain      a stomach of animosity.
Laying in his bed, they welcome him back
warm water      salad      something soft to chew on.
He sighs. Pain tears away from its cocoon
blood work      pulse rate      temperature      blood pressure.
He refuses pain pills, calms himself, lets the wind outside in,
and when he falls asleep      a current of coolness,
grass carp darting to the side      pain sinking into mud.

Copyright © 2021 by Michael H. Brownstein
Michael H. Brownstein’s volumes of poetry, A Slipknot Into Somewhere Else and How Do We Create Love?, were published by Cholla Needles Press in 2018 & 2019, respectively.

2 comments:

  1. Love this! Made me believe there are grass carps out there sucking at the mud. Could feel his pain and his determination to push through it. Bravo!

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