Monthly Archives: December 2002
Don't cry wolf
2 December, 2002 – 10:11 pm
There’s a constant background noise in the hospital. It’s like the hiss of cosmic radiation. Nurses chat in the corridor. Televisions in the other bed bays. An old woman who refuses to eat is told off. A trembling bird is too frail to move her table and cries. Confusion. What month is it? Today? Friday. [...]
The hospital
1 December, 2002 – 9:45 pm
The thing about hospital is time. Anyone who’s been in hospital can tell you that. The other thing about being in hospital is fear. About a month ago (or maybe two), I began to get some strange aches in my left foot, along the muscle in the middle. At the time my work shoes were [...]
