Poem

Gary Winans

DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS

Dammit
now
they're
thinning
my
blood
so
I'll
bleed
freely
didn't
they
know
I
had
basal
cell
cancer
scheduled
for re-mov-al
a
sore
tooth
queued
up
for
a
root
canal?
Memo
To
All
Body
Parts:
From
now
on
please
take
A
Fucking
Number

Gary Winans

Gary Winans lives in the north Seattle area. His chapbook Across the Smooth Lens of the Lake was published by Pudding House Publications. New poems will appear in White Pelican Review and Driftwood.



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