Not so long ago I went through something like this,
but the other beds had some spectacular old men
suffering worse than me, and being visited by striking folk.
Their pain! their struggle! and me a helpless spectator,
who’d prefer to be self-absorbed.
It amounted to a short intense episode in company
otherwise denied me. Good nurses, I must add.
Max
On Jul 21, 2016, at 8:33, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> That’s hard, take earphones & some music or a book read aloud next time, i guess…
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> Doug
>> On Jul 20, 2016, at 10:16 PM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> It was only a procedural matter. Bloody annoying and a little painful from
>> my point of view. Boring.
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>> I spent the day staring at the wall and listening to nurses chatter.
>> Boring!
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>> The anaesthetic had blurred my vision so I found it difficult to read.
>> Boring!
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>> I'm having a quiet day in Corowa, if that is not tautological. Boring!
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>> --
>> Andrew
>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>> Books available through Walleah Press
>> http://walleahpress.com.au
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> Douglas Barbour
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> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
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> How, but thru a monstrous 'specialism', the so-called authority of erstwhile 'professionals', have we come to leave breath out of images and images out of breath, anyhow?
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> Roy Kiyooka
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