i can’t get the taste
of the black ashes out of my mouth
the nurses
the doctors
all crow
“not long now”
i hate hospitals
i hate the ICU
where i see you
i know you
but i don’t recognise
the man in the hospital bed
where did you go?
i can’t find you
in those rattling breaths
where did you go? (not long now)
where did you go? (not long now)
where did you go? (not long now)
where did you go? (not long now)
not long now
not long now
not long now
not long now
where did you go?
i can’t hear you
in those lonely winds
that carry you
away from me
and back to her