Tag: #hospital
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Published: A wake-up call
I’m happy to share my poem, ‘A wake-up call’ has been published by MasticadoreUSA. A shout-out to Barbara, the editor of the e-zine, for accepting the poem. “A wake-up call” by Smitha Vishwanath Publicado por MEELOSMOMel19 FEBRERO, 2023 I The day before the surgery The morning I went for a check-up I had no idea they’d…
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I’m confused
Its all so fresh- your words, your voice Wasn’t it only yesterday – You spoke of your haircut, Of your phone, of how you didn’t like either? Wasn’t it only yesterday – You spoke of your fear Of the pain That you wouldn’t make it through? Yet we went ahead Why? Was it I who…
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India Diaries : The Bystander (Fact, Fiction, Life)
“The hospital needs a bystander if he has to be admitted.” The nurse attending to dad was saying. It was a close-ended statement with no ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’. “Arrange one quickly.” Again a statement; non-negotiable, non-debatable. “Who are you?” “I’m his daughter.” “So you will be staying here with your father.” Again, it was simply…