Sitting in the ER
intermittent chest pans
might be from
1. a chest muscle strain
2. too much phlegm
3. signs of a heart problem
hoping for 1. or 2.
who wouldn’t be?
given 3 medical tests
ironically 3. failed
them all
now a nurse casually says
we’ll find you a bed
silent mayday alarms
go off in my head
a stay at the hospital
a heart problem
has come down the pike.

Bob Boyd