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Tag Archives: sickness

(summer is fiendish and life is a curse, I said in my heart)
Melinda Smith / Poetry

(summer is fiendish and life is a curse, I said in my heart)

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Poem and Dish • 6 Comments

It was a cold summer that year. What I remember is the chill on my skin as you stripped me in fiendish haste, the raw southerly swelling and parting the curtains of the rented room. Now, when life begins to leave itself why is it this figment that clings? Such a light thing, and yet … Continue reading →

Hospital
Michele Seminara / Poetry

Hospital

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Poem and Dish • 1 Comment

A pervasive hum, invasive lights, white gown swooping hairy legs, a skinny ghost whose nest-like-head buzzes with static and stinks of cigarettes; a woman afraid to be sent home convinced that death is imminent, and from a key locked room a wail ascends the air to crest the brutal surface of sedation. While I drink … Continue reading →

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