When her blood pressure soared
And the doctors could find the source
The hospital so crowded they put
Her in a bed in a busy corridor
where she lay for a day and night
Unable to speak or lift her head
To eat first feverish then freezing
Until they finally found her a bed
In a room so small and cramped
You couldn't fit a chair in it
Next to a demented woman
Who screamed constantly for help
For four days all she could do
Was try to remember everyone
Who had ever loved her or she
Had ever loved and somehow there
Hovering between life and death
Between the light and darkness
Pouring through the one window
She found her way back home
To this heaven we call earth
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