Sandra Meek
Cumulative Sentence
Cumulative Sentence
Mother of Coughed Blood’s Garnet Wings;
Mother of X-rays, of Cat-scans, of I’m-sorry-
to-say; Mother of The-odds-are, Mother of Who-can-
tell, Mother of Chemo, Crystal Pouch and Silver Tree;
Mother of Ambulance White-light, of Alarm-music;
Mother of Breathing Treatments, of Oxygen’s Umbilical Tubing;
Mother of Morphine; Mother of Cane, of Walker, of Wheelchair;
Mother of Powdered Rubber Gloves;
Mother of No, of Not-yet, Mother of Bedside Commodes;
Mother of The Body’s Tightening Prison, Mother of
Speed Dial, Mother of Ativan, Mother of Breathing Masks,
of the Flawed Weave of Air; Mother of Hospital Beds, Mother
of Adult Diapers, Mother of Keep-the-door-open, of Don’t-leave; Mother of Press-
the-call-light, Mother of Call 911; Mother of No,
Not Yet; Mother of Graying Grace, Mother of the Pooling
Blood; Mother of Tearing, of What-time-is-it,
Mother of Fever and Chill; Mother of Now, Mother of Glass
Eyes, Mother of Open Mouth and Filling Lungs;
Mother of the Catheter Bag, of Deepening Topaz, Mother of the Line
of No More; Mother of Bluing Skin, Mother of the Unspooled Heart,
Mother of Flight and Burn, Mother of Cardboard
and Ash, Mother of Smoke, Mother of Air, Mother,
Mother—
