I loved it.
Katie Law wrote:
> (Warning: High emotional content)
>
> The Crying Corridor
>
> At the end of the crying corridor of
> babies
> is the room they put the
> stillbirths in.
> It is different from the rest,
> flowered wallpaper echoes gravestone
> bunches. Still flowers.
> Still life.
> Still death.
> Rocking chair echoes nursery comforts
> to rock away the pain
> A tiny crib, warm soft blankets
> cold body, tiny hands
> no grasp reflex
> mother grasps father's hand
> both grasping for reasons why
> non-mother, non-father
> silent family unit
> in the room they put the stillbirths in.
>
> KT
>
> --
> Katie Law
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