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George, by Miya Yamanouchi

24/12/2020

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Your phone had been off for days.

I called the hospital
to see if you were there,
not expecting
you actually would be.

Gave the lady your name,
not thinking I’d hear:
“intensive care, love.”

Messaged your brother,
not ready for:
“induced coma, darl.”

This isn’t you.

You who at 61,
sprints to betting houses
without breaking a sweat,

who traipses 50km daily
just to feed the cats,

who carries boulders for a living,
who does 100 pushups in quick succession.

This isn’t you.

And you have to wake up.
4 Comments
Sue Clayton
26/12/2020 01:13:00 am

A fateful phone call indeed.

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Sandra James
27/12/2020 10:03:40 am

Beautifully written, Miya! You certainly have me willing him to wake up.

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George
31/12/2020 08:57:32 am

If there is a nightmare to experience it is what you have written about here with the architecture of the poets hand Thanyou I awakened

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Jim link
1/1/2021 08:59:44 am

This is really well done, Miya. I really fell into it, the rhythm and the words and the tale that it tells. Just really good.
Happy New Year
Jim

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