Voices of the ICU
- Phillip J. Cozzi, MD
- Elmhurst, IL 60126 Requests for Reprints: Phillip J. Cozzi, MD, 447 Cottage Hill, Elmhurst, IL 60126.
Grab me with one hand and throw me
Across your doorway, let my hooks rattle,
Let my neat hem hide the suffering
Like a shared blindfold to all who pass,
Stitched so that pain may be private.
Let my creaseless self transform from sheet
To new love, guardian of your solitude,
Keeper of most vulnerable vulnerability,
Woven wall of moralistic thread,
Thou shall not share thy body with the world.
I am fabled, sharp and hollow,
Disposable, efficient, evil,
Wanting so to be inside you, …
This 100-word excerpt has been provided in the absence of an abstract.
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