They take that patient on that trolley.
Echoes bounce from that corridor,
from talk, from footsteps, from that wall -
and from that misery.
That misery is a mystery
for the guy on that trolley.
He hears that chat, those echoes
from those walls, those footsteps.
He also knows what happened
back at home, with that partner,
that fight, that punch, that grief.
That welcome trolley...
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