A blue dress and white badge
Marked her as a nurse.
She was not especially self-conscious,
Pushing a wheelchair weighted
By a package that, at my distance,
Appeared to be a gray bundle of laundry.
As she moved in my direction the package
Seemed to be moving.
The gray cover did not completely
Hide the head of a severely twisted human.
His facial expression was a mix of anger,
Resignation and privilege.
He grumbled to the nurse, demanding that his doctor
Attend him immediately.
This guy’s injuries were devastating.
His twisted head rested near a crumpled right shoulder.
His partly hidden body did not fill
The whole of the wheelchair’s seat.
A car, a land mine? Jesus, we are a stubborn species.
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