Hospital trip: bad mama jama

Stiffened  
structured iron petticoat
Crinoline
 
smells like packed  
middle school lunches and death
the old section of the hospital
where the ghosts glide
trick automatic doors  
to open all night
 
every painted compressed wood corner is chipped teal
square pull out rolling chairs
gym class free time mini boards
 
X-ray shadow stupefy  
cold as the empty  
eleven pm parking garage
frigid
 
snow flakes drifting past  
drop ceilings  
cascading  
pointing us  
to where the fires would rise
 
cheap white styrofoam cups
waiting to be thrown away
cracked blue white cloudy skies
one green grass wall to provoke healthy thoughts
 
 
night falling
not down stairs as the elderly do
standing over coughing
not coffins with a clear umbrella
 
new boxer briefs
break me off a new day for the books
 
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day 2 trip to the hospital to see my mom
shes suppose to take 13 medications and she decided only 4 would be sufficient ....her heart almost stopped.
 doc's told her she would not have lasted the weekend if we hadn't of brought her for an appointment.