There is nothing so sad as a clear plastic hospital bag.
Kite-string thin threaded through plastic puckers
pulling at the corners, ripping at the seams
The material trappings of this world lumped at the bottom
Empty expanse of cellophane spread out for the world to see
Contained for safe keeping
Inconsequential in the aftermath
Who cares for scrunchies and soft socks
When the immaterial has left this mortal coil
Chopping Potatoes 
So sorry you had to say goodbye.
🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵
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So sorry you had to say goodbye, Jennifer. Hugs.
🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵
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Thank you so much for your kind words, Mariah. Fortunately no one close to me died, but awaiting test results got me contemplating all things morbid.
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Whatever has happened, my heart and prayers are with you.
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You are so intuitive. You knew the poem didn’t tell the whole story – and of course it didn’t. It’s a hard and lonely place behind the hospital curtain, making you contemplate all sorts of things.
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