Out of Time
I'm in the ICU
I think somewhere in Cincinnati
a city I do not know that well.
I'm hooked up to tubes and machines
they buzz and beep regularly.
I think it must be nighttime
there are no windows
but the shadows are deep.
Suddenly the machines start screaming
rushing feet hurry near.
Silence crashes into silence.
A day later
I am at home making plans
for the trip to the hospital
as if nothing yet had happened
and nobody died.
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