ivory
skin
splits
open
on
diseased
gymnasium floor
the blood
drips
tears
drop
and a telephone
is picked up
my kid got
it good
on the chin
i got nailed dad
busted in the chops
i stick a red and
blue
screaming middle
finger
on the roof
of my car
and speed through
traffic
exhausted elderly
sit in
high tech
wheelchairs
outside of the
ER
as my own
four wheels
come to a halt
a sack of potatoes
under my
arms
asks about
needles
as we enter
i don’t know
maybe
cant lie to you man
i don’t know
maybe
we wait with
the sterile dust
we wait with
dirty soaps
blaring from the tv
we wait with
coke machines
fish tanks
slippered feet
book nosed nervous
i spoon him
fruit cocktail from
his
apple stained
lunch box
we get our number
jackpot at Vegas
called
we rise
and go
as told
by
cotton crisp nurse
behind medical
machines
information
given
compassion is not
as ice forms from
her
lips
no teddy bears
no heck or howdy
no
poor cutie
just
what happened
speak up
is he always this quiet
are you in pain
are you going to throw up
i’ve never seen a paler kid
in my life
on
on
on she
spits
covered with
snow
we are
fingered
go there
we go
we wait again
his fingers
touching my
neck as we walked
that hall
was
the saddest thing
i have ever felt
frankenstein
stitches
will sew him up
i tell him
yes
yes needles
dude
his eyes water color
blue and
defying gravity
his pupils
go up
into mine
and
its ok dad
can we go to
mcdonald's after this
I’m hungry
yeah buddy
a chicken nugget for each
stitch you get
he cries
into my twig arms
i put wipers on
my glasses
he got sixteen
dead chicken
parts in his belly
an hour or so later
he fell
slipped into sleep
with his
chin bandaged
with ketchup rings
around his
lips
like the ice
circling saturn
but
he's a warm blanket
now
a living
breathing
no place like
home
his belly
rising up
and down
slow like
smoke in a
draft less room
is the greatest thing
i have even
felt
the antarctic melts
its been a long day
i turn the lights
off
and worm my way
next to him
sleep
twig in
fire
my arm across
his stomach
i can hear the
rain bullet
the roof
as
i too
drift off
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