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[email protected]Dispatches for the Colonial Office
Surgery in Three Parts
1 - Fear for Tomorrow
I don’t know what will happen to her tomorrow -
The anaesthesia and the surgical trauma
Invading all those organs compromised
Compromised by age and failing health
There’s a contract coffee bar in the lobby main
One could savour a coffee and a croissant
While waiting for a messenger of life or death
Does anyone know where the chapel is?
A marriage should not end in ICU
In the echoing chants of “Code Blue…Code Blue…”
2 - Fear for Today
Morning is filled with possibilities
But today…
Morning is fraught with possibilities
3 –
Deo GratiasThe surgeon and the RN visit me
In a cold-as-a-morgue fluorescent-lit room
With their masks loose about their necks
To report that all went well