Play pricking
This is a poem I wrote in the hospital while recovering from COVID this year. It is always difficult for people to find my veins for inserting an IV and it always turns into a theater of the absurd. This poem talks about that experience in the hope that it also reflects how, everyday, all of us are...
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| description | This is a poem I wrote in the hospital while recovering from COVID this year. It is always difficult for people to find my veins for inserting an IV and it always turns into a theater of the absurd. This poem talks about that experience in the hope that it also reflects how, everyday, all of us are play pricking, trying to find the veins of our life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-02157fca99514653ac12a6620c6b7c442022-12-22T03:02:54ZengUniversity College of Medical SciencesResearch and Humanities in Medical Education2350-05652021-12-018127127652Play prickingAbhishek Anicca0Writer, poet and performer; identifies as a person with disability and chronic illnessThis is a poem I wrote in the hospital while recovering from COVID this year. It is always difficult for people to find my veins for inserting an IV and it always turns into a theater of the absurd. This poem talks about that experience in the hope that it also reflects how, everyday, all of us are play pricking, trying to find the veins of our life.https://www.rhime.in/ojs/index.php/rhime/article/view/526disabilityhealth humanitiesmedical humanitiespoetry in medicine |
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