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Tag: healthcare

Violet’s Breasts by Charlie Fish
Fiction

Violet’s Breasts by Charlie Fish

September 16, 2024September 16, 20243

“Last year, on an ordinary day in July, at exactly 3:43pm, Dr Antonia Franklin made the worst decision of her life.” – excerpt from “Violet’s Breasts” by Charlie Fish #MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

Heavy by Shaun Anthony McMichael
Poetry / Top Posts

Heavy by Shaun Anthony McMichael

July 8, 2024March 12, 20250

“You carried it kinda heavy though, old Johnny / confided on my last day of a 3 year gig” – excerpt from Heavy by Shaun Anthony McMichael @samcmichael #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“For Scale” by Daune O’Brien
Poetry

“For Scale” by Daune O’Brien

July 29, 2022September 3, 20221

My mother sayslife is goodshe is happydown sixmaybe seven —- no, eight poundssince catching upto her too-thin sisterwho is losing weight to chemofastand I want …

“Lava” by Cameron Morse
Poetry

“Lava” by Cameron Morse

May 13, 2022May 8, 20220

From my hurt back the snow-lit predawn sky is pewter, or lava, according to my best guess color chart on Pinterest. “Pewter” works, but I …

“A Steppe Doctor” by Sergei Linkov
Fiction

“A Steppe Doctor” by Sergei Linkov

February 1, 2021February 1, 20210

The doctor’s fingertips have turned to gelatin. He is certain that with each hour they are wearing down, leaving watery smears on the skins of …

“1984” by DC Diamondopolous
Fiction

“1984” by DC Diamondopolous

August 28, 2020September 4, 20202

James, as the doctors and staff at St. Mark’s Regional Hospital in San Diego insisted on calling him, applied pancake make-up over the band-aid camouflaging …

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