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In this moving collection of poetry from one who has experienced the ER first hand, author D. Ken Patterson, M.D., examines our existence on this fragile planet and in these fragile bodies. Lives come into being in hospitals, and they often leave here, as well. What better place to ruminate on life and death?
Ready or Not: Poems from the ER focuses on the reality of our world through three sections: the Body, the Soul, and the Spirit. With a stirring mixture of raw emotion, Pattersonâs poetry flows from everyday experience and his spiritual quest to examine the fragility of life and death.
About: CPR in ProgressThe call has come inThose who do the most urgent workHave called to say the wordsThat speak of the highest urgencyCPR in progressSomeone somewhere somehow has collapsedWhile eating at the Golden CorralThey thought she was chokingBut it was more than that, worse than thatThe monitor saidAnd the system is pushed into actionTo pull one back, trying to sneak acrossTrying to cross the riverWet already to the thighsThe siren screamedThey ride hot, tube in throatEpi, atropine and compressionsAnd now and then, electricityNot effective, even with feet in waterThey wheeled her inMore of the same, not a lotCan be offered to thoseWho are this far into the waterTo those so determined to crossSo, we let goAfter silent prayersAnd solemn talks with the familyThe vain effort comes to an endAnd we think, as we leave the roomWe have no power here.
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