An alliance of women by the bedside:
\nSisters by twos, 3 generations of strength
\n(Though certainly, it felt otherwise.)<\/p>\n
When it came, I was ripe for escaping.
\nShe stopped breathing, we looked,
\nand gave her our final kisses.
\nThere’d been a robot breathing on the bed for days.<\/p>\n
My sister didn\u2019t want the body taken;
\nbut they talked her \u2018round within the hour.
\nI called the nurse quickly and packed up her things.<\/p>\n
My Nan, who liked tea in a glass teacup
\nand sent sandwiches back to hospital kitchens
\nfor the ample offence of \u2018squiggly lettuce\u2019;
\nwas already doing something new.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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