in ICU
bed 7
patient number 632778
an 87 year old man
floats in
an amnion
of tubing, wires
transducers, catheters
repetetive woosh
of arterial flow monitors
like a shrunken fetus
his right hand
closes over
a bony thumb
in ICU
bed 7
patient number 632778
an 87 year old man
floats in
an amnion
of tubing, wires
transducers, catheters
repetetive woosh
of arterial flow monitors
like a shrunken fetus
his right hand
closes over
a bony thumb