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Why Won’t You Die?

David Hernandez

My mother always visited me,
when I was at the UBH hospital.
I took several laps, back and forth,
from the hallway, stared at the city lights
from outside my window,
longing for freedom from this prison.

At 8:00 pm I accompany her
to see her brother, bound to a hospital bed,
infected with a disease hurting his stomach.
I wait by the waiting room,
playing deer hunter on my Smartphone,
staring at the city lights when I had enough.

I don’t know what else to say.
I want to be free from this curse.
Why can’t you be like the deer I hunt in my game?
If I were more open,
I can look at you straight in the eye
and hope for the best.

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