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Fifty Sentences
A lot can happen
3 min readDec 18, 2019
- She couldn’t remember why it was so important.
- Tubes up her nose, into her veins, held her in place here.
- Here, Geoff could relax and he did, sitting by her bed being jovial.
- He seemed a little puzzled when she prodded him about what happened.
- She could afford to be patient now.
- His way of bending towards her, presenting his bald spot, seemed endearing here.
- When he pretended to get it, she knew how his mouth would form an O.
- Here, she could sleep and she did.
- Deep, drugged, untroubled sleep with nothing under it.
- The slow risings to consciousness didn’t hurt anymore.
- Nurse wanted to know why she didn’t ask about leaving; all the other patients did.
- Geoff did.
- Geoff was ready, he had places for everything and everything in its place.
- Except for her…until now.
- Her place was prepared and it was time for her to be put in her place.
- The ambulance drivers were rougher this time.
- It seemed that she’d floated out into the back of the ambulance before.
