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antiBODY An Anthology of Poetry and MedicineMain MenuForewordIntroductionAt the Teaching Hospitalby Dan KrainesAtrophyby Paul BlomBarnacled to the Boneby Stephen C. MiddletonBiopsyby Julie RosenzweigBlood Truckby Sophie Summertown GrimesChokeby Alyson MillerDead See Scrollby Rich MurphyDeciding Not to Wear Glassesby Donna J. Gelagotis LeeDiscovery: Negative Returnby Tara SkurtuExileby Lane FalconFlushby Stephen MeadFruitBy Tyler ChadwickGrandmother Dead, Then Alive, Then Dead Againby Matthew BakerHysteriaby Donna J. Gelagotis LeeIf Not Absolutionby Matthew BakerLackby Sarah Anderson WoodMirenaby Meagan GrantMittelschmerzby Sarah KerseyMoon Childby Lisa Hitonpecan, rodef, clamby Susan ComninosRefugeesby Walt PetersonShe Cannot Let Him Goby Nancy Smiler LevinsonSome Days Begin Like Thisby Tara SkurtuThe Mechanics of Loveby Victoria GatehouseThe Needleby Isla McKettaThere Was Beauty in That Graphby Geralyn Pinto[Untitled]by Nan Darbous MarthallerContributorsCalvin Olsenb5c5f3583225f37f1f8a2a51ca3fc4b14f902087
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i sit in the quiet that is not quiet praying my lips slowly moving through blessed verse that soothes reassures numbs while the life-sustaining equipment sucks and sighs counts measures i’m stiff from sitting bedside but i dare not move stray or release the hand i’m holding and periodically twitches fingers that occasionally squeeze i watch closed eyelids flicker in medicated sleep lips moving silently and i glance at the jagged rhythm dancing on a monitor lines of life i touch the wetted triangular pink sponge on a plastic stick to the lips i long to kiss a drop runs down the chin a tear runs down my cheek i try not to move at risk of becoming entwined entangled in the tubes lines and leads that sustain life i come to know them i can name them my eyes trace them over and over from source to endpoint endpoint endpoint
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