| "Flashback/ICU" ~Dusty | |
They must have told her just as
my feet rounded the corner.
The wail broke my stride and my concentration
as I scooted through the ICU
toward my trivial destination
(I think it was Dietary)
as her world shattered,
as the soul of her most beloved
slithered through the oscillations of her scream.
Back in 1968
they died in dustoffs
or on stretchers in R&E
they died on operating tables
or in post-op ICU
they died amid our hurried silence
they died
and died
and we never
never screamed.
©1996 by Dusty
Originally appeared in INCOMING!, Vol. I, Issue III. Hawk's
Nest Publishing, 1996. Ed. Barbara Menghini Whitmarsh.
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My Vietnam Related Websites:
Women in
Vietnam ~ Not only nurses served . . .
Dusty's Home
Page ~ Poetry and prose by a woman who was a nurse in Vietnam
Emily's
Poetry ~ By a Red Cross Donut Dolly
Battle
Dressing ~ The Journey of a Nurse in Vietnam
Tim
O'Brien's Home Page ~ National Book Award Winner and Americal Vet
Shrapnel in
the Heart ~ The most moving book you will read on Vietnam
The
Irish on the Wall ~ An effort to locate the Irish who died in Vietnam
Project Hearts
and Minds ~ Help put Viet Nam back together
All About
Vietnam ~ An annotated bibliography of books about Vietnam for sale
thru Amazon Worldwide!
Photos
from a Holts' Military History Tour ~ My trip to Vietnam, February 1998
Illinois
Vietnam Women's Memorial ~ Honoring all the Illinois women who served
My Other Websites:
Chicago
Theatre Z - A ~ This is the best theater town in the country!
Writers
Theatre of Chicago ~ And this is the best theater in town
Literature
of the Korean War ~ Don't let the literature be forgotten
Poetry
of the First World War ~ Owen, Hardy and others
Samuel
Pepys ~ One of my favorite authors
Gil
Thorp ~ THE Coach
Maybe
Later . . . ~ My Creative Nonfiction
Chi-COW-go
~ Cowz plus Commentary (this used to be a cow town)
Graham
Fulton, Scottish Poet ~ Charles Manson Auditions for the Monkees
Soccer
Literature ~ I'm a fan and I read
O'Leary Lantern ~
Fire! Fire! Fire!
Other Important Websites:
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~ Connecting Authors and Writers Worldwide
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