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Last breath.(Poem)

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| September 01, 2007 | Trainor, Leon | COPYRIGHT 2007 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
LAST BREATH 
 
   The morphine breathes through your skin. 
   They have unclipped the empty sack 
   of blood and won't fit a new one. 
   We ask them to come and check 
   the morphine pump: you have begun 
   to gasp as the pain breaks through. 
   Your breath is shallow and thin, 
   you pant softly. They top you up 
   and fix the pump. Meanwhile, unseen, 
   blood is draining ...

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