Not Quite Grey's Anatomy
When doctors announced Carole's TOD, I welcomed
my own demise each step taken
through crowded hallways
weepy families
waiting
for
the
surgeons—
scrub-clad health
care heralds—charged with
informing all grieving loved ones
an operation went well or far more often, "We
did everything that's medically
possible," sadly
confirming
their worst
fears
long
past hope
and prayers
just vacant solemn
words professionally uttered
leaving trite comfort tossed over tragedy's shoulder.
