Unnecessary Words

Patricia Kett
Posted 8/21/12

Their hands touch

across the white blanket,

words unnecessary.

The doctor says,

“It’s best not to see him like this.”

She says, “Mind your business.”

The …

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Their hands touch

across the white blanket,

words unnecessary.

The doctor says,

“It’s best not to see him like this.”

She says, “Mind your business.”

The doctor adds,

“He’s going to die soon,”

as if she didn’t know.

She holds the hands that

held hers for sixty-eight years.

His eyes open to hers.

She took him home

without interference and

unnecessary words.

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