The Screen Between Hospitals

by The Bright Voice

Original EveryPoem Studio house-voice poem.

Two doctors lean toward one screen, one where the snow has closed the road, one three countries east. Between them, a small bright image: a heart insisting on its work. They point, enlarge, disagree, then find the hidden valve. By morning a child wakes with both cities in the room— one in hands beside the bed, one in light across the glass.
62 words · 11 lines · Free Verse
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