They keep watch
in carbolic-acid suspense
by the sick bed---
cold, still, papery eyelids
shunning life---
Outside,
a boy-child’s voice
suddenly erupts –
shrill rhapsodic rapt
in his childhood---
pounding childish fists
against stubborn walls
brimful of endless vitality
confident in his indestructibility---
The funereal air inside
the sick room
crackles awake with
the unexpected incandescence
of imperishable joy---
-by Rita Putatunda
in carbolic-acid suspense
by the sick bed---
cold, still, papery eyelids
shunning life---
Outside,
a boy-child’s voice
suddenly erupts –
shrill rhapsodic rapt
in his childhood---
pounding childish fists
against stubborn walls
brimful of endless vitality
confident in his indestructibility---
The funereal air inside
the sick room
crackles awake with
the unexpected incandescence
of imperishable joy---
-by Rita Putatunda
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