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10.1 Affilia 177/0886109905279957 Winter 2005 Poetry POETRY Jean Kemper the telephone call made from a booth: for instructions: ring the bell two short taps wait a minute ring again when the buzzer sounds enter place five one hundred dollar bills on the round table You wait alone no magazines to assuage your fear a huge woman in white appears picks up the bills You get up head for the door. Let them keep the money! but how will you care for an infant without help? The doctor wears a surgical mask you will never be able to identify him. Are his eyes kind? AFFILIA, Vol. 20 No. 4, Winter 2005 485-487 DOI: 10.1177/0886109905279957 © 2005 Sage Publications 485 486 Affilia Winter 2005 he takes your blood pressure listens to your heart gives you a whiff of gas when your head clears you are stuffed with gauze the doctor says when its time, my nurse will call you a cab. Hide and Seek I reach for a word or a name comb the ashram of my mind grab for hints dribbled that snakelike wriggle away frustrated too old for childish games I wait knowing the word or name will surface
Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work – SAGE
Published: Nov 1, 2005
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