13 APRIL THIS PATIENT’S HAD ENOUGH

‘I’M NOT LONELY BUT I AM ALONE’   SAID SHE WHO’D SAT BESIDE HER HUSBAND  AS HE EXHALED FOR THE LAST TIME  

RECORDED FOR RADIO  STRUGGLING NOT TO BE BESIDE HERSELF  ACKNOWLEDGING CONTACT FROM CHURCHGOERS   RALLYING ROUND REMOTELY 

NEAR NORMAL RECALLING THE SPEAKERPHONE 3-WAY WITH KIDS IN CANADA & INDIA  

BEING MOTHER’S MUCH EASIER  

THEN BACK TO BEREFT  ADAM & EVE IT WITHOUT HER OTHER HALF IT’S LIKE A RIB’S RIPPED OUT    

HER LATE HUSBAND HAD ‘HAD ENOUGH’    LIKEWISE ON THE WORLD STAGE   

UNCLE SAM’S LOSING THE WILL TO WIN   OFFICIALS VYING FOR ACCESS TO A PREENING PRESIDENT OVAL OFFICE POLITICS TRUMPS PUBLIC INTEREST & THE NATION’S ALREADY FAILED THE OCCASION     

AMERICA   IS THIS WHERE YOU’RE AT?  

MANIFESTLY DESTINED FOR PALLIATIVE CARE    

USA RU DNR?           

WISHNG TO COMFORT THE AFFLICTED AND AFFLICT THE COMFORTABLE     

YOURS TRULY     

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