Gero-Psych, 2:19 AM (“I Heard Church Bells”)

Beyonce singing Etta sings to Byhalia-call her Nurse
Marshall, call her doing something slow: Byhalia
Marshall swinging hard to the rhythm in her feet, her
tired dogs sliding the snail-sly one-beat, the two
coming down heavy. Scuffed white shoes to the
scuffed white tile, and Byhalia, RN, humming her blue
song, syncopated and shushed.

Mike Balatico, MD, MFA

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology

Mike is passionate about medical student and trainee education, books, and pit bulls. "Gero-Psych, 2: 19 AM" stems from his experience working as a certified nursing aide in a lockdown geriatric-psychiatric unit.

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