Sunday, August 1, 2021

no room at Sibley

there's no room
at the hospital. it's full.
no vacancies.
but they keep coming.
on stretchers,
on gurneys.
limping in. 
wheeled in.
staggering towards
the darkness.
they find a hallway,
or a closet.
the worst get looked
at first.
an open wound,
a broken heart,
a busted head.
the rest will have to take
a number and wait.

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