Day Surgery
Gowned, tagged, prepped,
Transmuted from person to
patient; a body to be overhauled.
About to be etherised upon a table
(I think of T.S. Eliot). In this
peculiar instance; my flesh and
being oddly distinct. I maintain
myself, write poetry in the ward,
hold dignity under this white
shroud. My body the domain
of professionals and procedures
until they return it to me again.
Kerry Miller
Gowned, tagged, prepped,
Transmuted from person to
patient; a body to be overhauled.
About to be etherised upon a table
(I think of T.S. Eliot). In this
peculiar instance; my flesh and
being oddly distinct. I maintain
myself, write poetry in the ward,
hold dignity under this white
shroud. My body the domain
of professionals and procedures
until they return it to me again.
Kerry Miller
