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| the pall and how to bear it |
arrhythmic churn of the respirator, swollen face behind the first stage ventilator mask, hitch of the neck and chest as the body occasionally tries out of rote reflex to breath on its own. crust of wretched matter on the feeding tube as the attending unthreads it from the sinuses, the automated voice calls the time over the intercom when the heart stopped beating, cold skin as edema gives way to the eventual livor |
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