A&E

By Fiona McNulty

With every footstep that slows we peer towards the door

Smell of disinfectant hangs in the air

Twenty hours punctuated by coffee breaks

The unlucky ones

waxen, elderly faces peering over crisp white sheets

on their hallway chariots

Milky eyes wild with fear

Will I finish my days here?

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