Waiting for you to visit me in the ICU again
- Terri Gower
- Jul 7
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 8
By Terri Gower
a yellow isolation
gown floats in like
a jellyfish.
when you drop
by I’m too tired to talk,
when you leave
I am unmoored.
The nurse administers
a buoy. I cling on
waiting for my
jellyfish to
visit again.
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Terri Gower is an English as an Additional Language Teacher living on the traditional lands of the lək̓ʷəŋən speaking people (Victoria, BC, Canada). She lives with her Partner Jon, and her cat Mochi. She loves knitting, reading, and walks. You can read her writing in Bangs Zine and Gastropoda (online).
instagram: @7_gower
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