Endless Questions
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What is happening?
The mother says as her child turns blue
The phone falls while she dials
Sirens blare, ever closer
But not fast enough.
What is happening?
The mother says, watching the cart roll by
A crash cart
Time has dug its heels down
As the child lays motionless.
What is happening?
The mother begs the doctors
But the doctors play a game of mum
An unfair game.
What is happening?
The mother chants, drops to the floor
Curling into a child’s pose
She finally won the game of mum
Doctors breaking their silence break her sanity.
What is happening?
The mother whispers over a small casket
Tears rain onto the wood
Like the downpour of a storm
Turning to her own mother, she cries into her chest
One mother whispering to another.
What is happening?
MIKAYLA COMES is a senior at the
University at Buffalo. She is working towards her BA in English. She spends most of her free time reading fantasy books or talking about baseball. She hopes to teach English in a foreign country in the future.
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