Sunday, August 7, 2022

the white curtain

they separate
the sick
with a pulled curtain

in the shared room,
side by side
two beds.

no need in piling on
someone
else's

illness or grief.
it's a mind your own
business

white sheet that the nurse
draws
around you.

the rollers hardly making
a sound,

just a quiet squeak.

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