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series
listening to death
11

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it can be very difficult listening to people talk about their acute injuries

broke a leg and already walking again

expect to be back at 100% in a couple months

people know how to hold space for a broken leg

it has a name

it is familiar

it has a timeline

how can you hold space for something nameless

like trying to catch a cloud

all you feel is a little mist

reminders of what once were

the closer you look

the less appears

the more you try

the more it slips away

well

us have found a name

us have found names

some

not all

well

people do not know how to hold these names either

unfamiliar

unending

and

us am trying

following the path

trust the process

—twentyeight june twothousandtwentyfive