| Author: | Kenneth Salzmann | ISBN: | 9781458099662 |
| Publisher: | Gelles-Cole Literary Enterprises | Publication: | April 13, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kenneth Salzmann |
| ISBN: | 9781458099662 |
| Publisher: | Gelles-Cole Literary Enterprises |
| Publication: | April 13, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Blood Counts
In this polite place:
A hand trained in the ways
of death and delivery
cups a pill, slides a gurney,
shrink-wrapped, bubbling,
through sterile chambers
overfilled with hints
of salvation served
on sheets of steel.
Suffering is silent here:
Purple or black fishes dart
in diversionary circles
at the backs of smiling clerks,
when blood counts
don't add up.
Blood Counts
In this polite place:
A hand trained in the ways
of death and delivery
cups a pill, slides a gurney,
shrink-wrapped, bubbling,
through sterile chambers
overfilled with hints
of salvation served
on sheets of steel.
Suffering is silent here:
Purple or black fishes dart
in diversionary circles
at the backs of smiling clerks,
when blood counts
don't add up.
