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Voices
IN THE WARD
VOICES
Voices in the ward-
Excited, impatient, eager,
Calm, querulous, tired,
Indignant:
"Hearts-I said two hearts. . . ."
"T passed. . . ."
"Tm the East Wind. . . ."
"Tl fade you . . . two bits. . . ."
"An' she says . . "
"Damn it, this pain! . . ."
"Why doncha tell the doc? . . ."
"'S one I heard in Kansas City. . . ."
"Fifteen two, fifteen four . . ."
"Whose move is it? . . ."
Voices
Dull, insistent, sibilant,
And far.
In the court a lone cricket
Pours its heart headlong
To the stars.
Deaf to the voices in the ward,
I alone,
Among the stars,
Answer the cricket.