Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Great Regulars: "The good news," her new doctor said

the next morning, "is that you're in terrific health. The bad news is you need quadruple bypass surgery right away." In the end, she spent many days in the ICU, her heart stopped twice, and it was almost a year before she felt truly healthy again.

I wrote the first draft of this poem during one of my evenings alone at home, after having spent several nights hovering around her hospital bed watching her sleep.

from The Washington Post: Poet's Choice: 'Seeds' by Kevin Prufer

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