In the Hospital

Kwame Dawes

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A woman lies curled up in a hospital bed, skinny and pained-looking. In the foreground, a man sits.

Who will plait
your hair, sister,
who will clean the matter
from your eyes,
who will hold your hand
in the shadow?

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