Thursday, August 19, 2010

Hey, Doc

You wrote those numbers out
so flippantly

307.1

As if they didn't have the ability
to change my world in a moment.

As if they didn't have the ability
to define who I am.
Or was.
Or might be.

As if they won't follow me through
years of treatment
and recovery
and the aftermath of disease.

4 comments:

  1. I love this and also feel afraid of it and want to know more.

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  2. I also love this. It could be many things, but each requires and deserves its own voice

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  3. wow. jess.
    been thinking about this one all day...

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  4. Thanks, guys. It sort of terrified me to put it out there!

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