Primary Care

by Jordan Grumet

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Table of Contents


Jane

Secrets

Degradation

Footsteps

Remembering Him

Alone

Primary …. Care

Dyspnea

On Call

Discontent

Penance

Narcotic Abuse

Hope

I Am the Father

When Death Comes

Awake

And Yet

Hope


The doctor said

ten years ago

it’s pressure

and salt

and exercise

and medication

there is something we can do.


The doctor said

five years ago

it’s sugar

and education

and diet

and weight loss

there is something we can do.


The doctor said

a week ago

it’s a cough

and antibiotics

and X-rays

and rest

there is something we can do.


The doctor said

a moment ago

it’s cancer

and spreading

and incurable

and hospice – unexpectedly

reaches, takes my hand.

Even now he says,


There is something we can do…..

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