HOSPITAL HAIKU
The new interns
Stiff in starched white suits.
The July heat!
Grinning into
The newborn nursery
A man holding daisies.
Screaming objections
In the hospital lobby--
A small naked boy.
All night below zero.
Today in the clinic
New complaints of chest pain.
Resting on the stairs
An old man with a large chest
And a cigarette.
Holding daffodils
Near the hospital florist--
An old woman, weeping.
Only one room is lit
In the hospital tonight--
And the August moon!
Beside this death bed
Two old men
Embracing.
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The new interns
Stiff in starched white suits.
The July heat!
Grinning into
The newborn nursery
A man holding daisies.
Screaming objections
In the hospital lobby--
A small naked boy.
All night below zero.
Today in the clinic
New complaints of chest pain.
Resting on the stairs
An old man with a large chest
And a cigarette.
Holding daffodils
Near the hospital florist--
An old woman, weeping.
Only one room is lit
In the hospital tonight--
And the August moon!
Beside this death bed
Two old men
Embracing.
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