twisting around
writhing in synchronized agony
pain like wrenching winter cables
around these sacrficied limbs
stains on sheets so un-angelic white
slashes on skin so unnaturally pale
red to white black to blue
the colors of the face of it

head wrapped bent to hospital bars
(protection that wields painful results)
arms coiled twice on doctor-arms
nurses that only watch
are idle
all watching the disease's quick fingers
all devouring the sight with clinical eyes
detachment and mistreatment in one
holy blood on the cross and
fingers pressed together in pray
worshipping a god that never used to exist.

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