| Author: | Merilyn Simonds | ISBN: | 9780994841841 |
| Publisher: | Merilyn Simonds Publications | Publication: | September 12, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Merilyn Simonds |
| ISBN: | 9780994841841 |
| Publisher: | Merilyn Simonds Publications |
| Publication: | September 12, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Following the death of an uncle, a woman moves through a CT scanner to the brink of her own mortality.
Originally published in Going Some Place: Creative Nonfiction Across Canada, edited by Lynne Van Luven, Coteau Books (2000).
Beep. Take a breath and hold it.
That is all.
Beep. Take a breath and hold it.
That is all.
Beep. Take a breath and hold it.
The machine gives the command and I obey, sucking in air as if through a straw. But have I taken in enough? My lungs are so full they quiver. Perhaps I have taken too much.
Following the death of an uncle, a woman moves through a CT scanner to the brink of her own mortality.
Originally published in Going Some Place: Creative Nonfiction Across Canada, edited by Lynne Van Luven, Coteau Books (2000).
Beep. Take a breath and hold it.
That is all.
Beep. Take a breath and hold it.
That is all.
Beep. Take a breath and hold it.
The machine gives the command and I obey, sucking in air as if through a straw. But have I taken in enough? My lungs are so full they quiver. Perhaps I have taken too much.
