Medicine.

Free Clinic.

Three Oh-

prah magazines

and one and a

half apple

cakes later.

I am in-

formed I

am positive.

Shriner’s.

At the kids hospital

The boy with no arms

On the cot next to mine

Asks if I can reach

A toy that fell

Off his chest

I say, I can’t, ‘cause

I got no eyes,

So we listen to the

Radio instead.

Field Nurse.

How many nurses does it take

To help the Christ off the cross?

In the bible, three.

They hold the Christ limp and quiet

Sop up the Christ blood

Brush back the Christ hair

And the nurses don’t cry

They know better than to tear up

In front of the boys.