SNOWSTORM AND POWER OUTAGE

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baked some eggs before my shift     left the oven on by mistake how magical of me to
preheat the winter

a patient with dementia says “I don’t think she’s going to make it”                   to heaven?

remote from me: husband and dog on the phone with the power company

I watch to see if my patient wants water         or TV

he empties out my purse and puts it all back together        I’m not concerned with a grown
man disassembling my items           no sharps in there      a half dozen pads and tampons

laundry day wearing brown and black and blue and red and it all works together regardless of
reason

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have fourteen books about living well in my car     some frozen chocolates instead of caffeine
I envy the cirrus so high and brief               he is supposed to have his feet up his heart so
low

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I wish I could tell people I’m bloated and large because something is wrong with me     both
something is wrong with me and nothing at all

I pull a pinecone from a grown man’s mouth             I love myself too much to witness someone
try to swallow what is not edible