Nil by Mouth
The electronic display unit blips furiously. Air conditioning doesn’t seem to work; someone opens the window, someone closes it. Two skinny ladies exchange recipes of miracle diets. An old man nods off leaning on his crutches. A man a little thin on top stares numbly at the ceiling, a young woman with a scarf around her head looks at her smartphone.
I instinctively touch my hair.
first chemo
cat's face slippers
comfort me
Debut in Contemporary Haibun Online issue 16.1, April 2020
(English and Polish versions will appear in Migratory Birds Almanac no 3, 2020).
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