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This Time

Christopher Hivner

He waited.
One more sterile room,
one more chance
at either redemption
or a fourth opinion
the same as the first.
He waited,
vulnerable to the
homogenized air,
weak to the
betrayal of his body.
The skinned figures
on charts
stared back at him
with an accusing glare,
who is this interloper
into our world,
they whispered in strained voices
while the fabric
of the teal-green gown
kissed him all over
like his wife used to
before he became too fragile,
a porcelain doll
with a beard
and no appetite.
This time the news
will be good
he mumbled into the ether,
a soft nod
as back up confirmation.
This time the news
will be different
he tried to convince
the living man and woman
on the wall,
but they looked away
like old friends
who didn’t know what to say.
This time, he thought
it has to be different.



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