friend at icu, 12:30 am

and there you are -
  bed & blankets
  blood & breathing
  clutching

conversation, doctor
  eyes of fear
  fluorescent hands
  in
    in
       in

lights are low
  monitors muttering
  needles, nurse
  on
    out
       shallow

sheets taken
  television, tubes
  wires

words

no words


no sound



no