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Medical Marriage

Martin Kohn, PhD

15 December 1996 | Volume 125 Issue 12 | Page 954

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Since she had always dreamt
of making love on a beach
and he was dreaming of furrowed fields
they figured it was time

And as soon as the youngest fell off
to his nest below their bed
and the events of the day had
drifted to the corners of the room
they took the deeply planted
signs to be what they meant to be
and embraced

Later, after two more phone calls
they marvelled at their jerry-built lives
at the Rubegoldbergian blueprint
they swore once again to revise
and sang the praises of soundly sleeping children
answering machines and other small gifts
only God could have devised

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Rootstown, OH 44272.
Requests for Reprints: Martin Kohn, PhD, Human Values in Medicine Program, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, 4209 State Route 44, PO Box 95, Rootstown, OH 44272-0095.

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