“Today another patient
chokes: Don’t
let me die—
When her heart stops, there is so much
noise in the room—so many people
swarming, and then things
inserted—
Her legs jerk with every compression.”
Enjoy this audio recording of “Common Disaster No. 2″ by M. Cynthia Cheung from Vol. 33:3 of CALYX Journal! Buy your copy here!
M. Cynthia Cheung is a physician whose writing has been published or is forthcoming in The Baltimore Review, Dialogist, Palette Poetry, RHINO, Salamander, Sugar House Review, and others. www.mcynthiacheung.com