The Quickening, 72X60, John Brosio
One Year Follow-up
While we were waiting for your one year
follow-up, I was counting men in the room
without wives, I was thumbing througharticles of revamps for kitchens and broken
bedrooms in need of whistles and bells.
I was planning our meal of bacon-wrappedsteaks with coconut rice and artichoke soup,
thinking how exhausted I was from a night
of no sleep. While we were waiting for yourone year follow-up, I guesstimated odds
for a chance of good outcome, how many
people were being given bad news, how manycame expecting answers and how many knew
how to interpret the eye roll or the implausible
quiet that punctuates fear.____________________________
Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas
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