they were waiting with you
there were no lines on your face
you held yourself well
as the air fell out of you
again
they were waiting with you
they traced the lines on your face
you asked three times
for water
and the radio on
and the toilet
again
they were waiting with you
they were the lines on your face
you coughed and
shuffled your tiny bedbound body
through the love that
swam in the room
again
About the Poet
Angie Contini is an experimental interdisciplinary artist and writer living in Sydney, Australia, with a PhD from the University of Sydney (2018). Specialising in the connection between art, nature and health, Angie works across a broad range of media, including photography, music, hand-cut collage, mixed media, theatre and poetry.
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