Issue #117

The doctor laughs, asks
When was the last time I slept
After I told him

My steroid dosage
(12 times higher than body’s
Natural courses and

That’s less than last week.)
I don’t mean to make light of
Your situation.

But what better than
Light to make of anything?
The ultrasound he

Ordered finds three blood
Clots in my calf. I circle
The lobby like a

Captive shark when he
Calls. We talk like friends solving
Riddles. I bleed too

Much, clot too much, but
Between the two, the heart pumps,
Makes light of it all.

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