always forward

you have three-quarters of a leg on the left
and smiling eyes 
above a yellow mask 
‘your mask is pink you must be special’ 
I ask about the elephant on the bed  
(beer, rain, bloody pavement) 
you wrote him a letter, told him you loved him  
I trace angry stump scars  
find you a new pink mask

Ellen Gilbertson, MD

Emergency Medicine

an emergency medicine resident, reveling in brief yet purposeful connection both inside and outside of the hospital. plays best in snow.

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