Property of the State (2016)
Property of the State
““What? What’s happening?” No one answers. Grim-faced figures in scrubs rush past me. I recognize Mrs. Blount as she blows by. Someone guides me past the nurse’s station. “You’ll need to wait out here.”
“Is Duncan okay?”
A firm hand pushes me into a small waiting area. Vomit-green carpet, one of those ubiquitous plastic plants. A TV hangs from the wall, tuned to some bottom-feeder reality show. Shouting women in a restaurant, all looking like a cosmetics counter exploded in their faces. ...One of them throws wine. The sound, mercifully, is off.
I sit down in a chair that feels like it was made from modeling clay. Duncan’s beeping invades from beyond the nurses station, beeping and voices. So many voices, I can’t make out the words. I can’t see into his room. I’m far from home. I don’t know where else to go. I have no home. I tilt my head back against the wall, close my eyes and see Duncan’s muddy face.MoreLess
“Is Duncan okay?”
A firm hand pushes me into a small waiting area. Vomit-green carpet, one of those ubiquitous plastic plants. A TV hangs from the wall, tuned to some bottom-feeder reality show. Shouting women in a restaurant, all looking like a cosmetics counter exploded in their faces. ...One of them throws wine. The sound, mercifully, is off.
I sit down in a chair that feels like it was made from modeling clay. Duncan’s beeping invades from beyond the nurses station, beeping and voices. So many voices, I can’t make out the words. I can’t see into his room. I’m far from home. I don’t know where else to go. I have no home. I tilt my head back against the wall, close my eyes and see Duncan’s muddy face.MoreLess
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