The Chronic Void Kate Gough Trigger Warning: chronic illness and hospitalization Poppy pills and hospital bills, The void, she costs more than I thought. As I cut off the paper bracelet, I wonder when the prickly tenderness will paint its pain on my organs once more. And the others, they try to help, in their own narrow ways. Cathedral thunder and chicken noodle soup, they threaten and soothe in the same breath. Alone, I am, as they forget soon enough. […]
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