Doug's paralysis has continued to s...
Doug's paralysis has continued to spread up from his toes, although this morning he's agreeable: fattened with Prednisone, his face blossomings with foam, consciousness rationed according to a morphine drip. With sum of two units fingers an intern stretches his skin and haps gently with a safety razor, clearing a path cheek to chin. The clov orange left onward the nightstand weeks before has shrivelled to its pulp, a sense of smell surrendering to the musk of pulverized substance and urine. While rinsing the blade in a basin she is
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