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had a picture of dad on my nightstand it fell not too long ago but landed upright atop his shoe shine box that I kept its new position not precarious I let it stay there thought it was kinda fitting a picture from his older years taken in the kitchen looking up into the camera from the task at hand peeling boiled potatoes for potato salad my potato peelin' pop morning sun shine spot lights that picture warm, smiling, reassuring mom's back in ICU now transferred to rehab with high hopes bleeding, unresponsive cardiac arrest en route back to ER x-rays, CT scans transfusions, blood draws, ventilator endoscopy? colonoscopy? dialysis? quality of life questions the more I watch her the more I wonder How I wish pop could tell us what to do
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Sep 22, 2014
Sep 22, 2014 at 4:40 AM UTC
MOM AND POP
had a picture of dad on my nightstand it fell not too long ago but landed upright atop his shoe shine box that I kept its new position not precarious I let it stay there thought it was kinda fitting a picture from his older years taken in the kitchen looking up into the camera from the task at hand peeling boiled potatoes for potato salad my potato peelin' pop morning sun shine spot lights that picture warm, smiling, reassuring mom's back in ICU now transferred to rehab with high hopes bleeding, unresponsive cardiac arrest en route back to ER x-rays, CT scans transfusions, blood draws, ventilator endoscopy? colonoscopy? dialysis? quality of life questions the more I watch her the more I wonder How I wish pop could tell us what to do
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del-maximo
Sep 22, 2014
Sep 22, 2014 at 4:40 AM UTC
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