and that hospital stench
in my nostrils is acute and sharp
in my senses and mostly in
my heart -- it sears the memory of "goobye"
"no, hello"
back into the front of my skull
across the backs of my eyes
and i feel it, too in
my chest/lungs/heart/stomach
i can’t tell, i’m much
too busy
bleeding
Jul 23, 2013
Jul 23, 2013 at 2:27 AM UTC
and that hospital stench
in my nostrils is acute and sharp
in my senses and mostly in
my heart -- it sears the memory of "goobye"
"no, hello"
back into the front of my skull
across the backs of my eyes
and i feel it, too in
my chest/lungs/heart/stomach
i can’t tell, i’m much
too busy
bleeding
(c) noa harriott
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