a good place to die
the fever has been reaching
a pitch
cotton swabs collecting
samples
secured inside test tubes
the university hospital
has witnessed
so much turnover
I apply for a job
three credit checks later
I’m tossing lime tablets
inside toilets
some keep smoking
cigarettes
just outside the premises
I volunteer to pick them up
but I’m finding
there is no place to hide
I’m finding all I know
this is a decent
enough place to die
may two thousand twenty-one
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