Scalpel in steady hand from shoulder to rib you scribe skin and muscle exposed to save the young girl's life Ribs, you must pry apart steady hands open them wide exposed will be the heart its defects you will heed Repair the hole tie off the vessel reverse the order and bandage her gentle
This poem is visceral and commanded my attention from the start. Beautiful.
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Intense and lingering, I love how you end on that last line.
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