Christmas on the AIDS Ward

  1. David L. Schiedermayer, MD
  1. Milwaukee, WI 53226

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    When AIDS patients try to talk

    and are near death

    the former Surgeon General said

    they are like kittens.

    They open their mouths to cry

    but no sound comes out.

    The virus spreads

    even on holy days.

    It replicates even during feasts.

    It robs us of strength

    even on most high and holy days.

    But on the AIDS ward

    during Christmas there is

    strength and reason

    enough to weep.

    This 100-word excerpt has been provided in the absence of an abstract.

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    1. Ann Intern Med December 15, 1991 vol. 115 no. 12 982
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