Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
Surgery in Three Parts
1 - Fear for Tomorrow
I don’t know what will happen
to her tomorrow -
The anaesthesia and the
surgical trauma
Invading all those organs
compromised
Compromised by age and
failing health
There’s a contract coffee bar
in the lobby main
One could savour a coffee and
a croissant
While waiting for a messenger
of life or death
Does anyone know where the
chapel is?
A marriage should not end in
ICU
In the echoing chants of
“Code Blue…Code Blue…”
2 - Fear for Today
Morning is filled with
possibilities
But today…
Morning is fraught with
possibilities
3 – Deo Gratias
The surgeon and the RN visit
me
In a cold-as-a-morgue fluorescent-lit
room
With their masks loose about
their necks
To report that all went well
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