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March 19, 2010
Crosses
The other day, as I was driving to work,I passed a roadside memorial I hasn't seem before. For some reason I pulled over to glance at it. The name sounded familiar, though I didn't recognize the photo tacked to the scarred tree. But then I realized -- if I replaced the lazy afternoon sunlight with 3am mist and strobing LED lights, if I swapped the soft sounds of the breeze and quiet birds for the grumbling mutter of diesels and Hurst tools, if I put fifteen people on the roadway and one wrapped between the car and the tree -- then I knew the place well, because it was my call, and my patient, and we knew even as we struggled to tube her and cut her free that she would never live. -- from the infrequent but compelling Drug-Induced Hallucinations
Posted by Vanderleun at March 19, 2010 5:20 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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This guy is a veeeerrry good writer. Professional calibre.
Posted by: ahem at March 20, 2010 7:44 AM
This piece is very good. Thank you for writing it. One goes away still thinking about the subject matter.
Posted by: Cilla Mitchell, Galveston Texas at March 20, 2010 8:12 AM
I always thought the crosses were put up by catholics
Posted by: brucewayne at March 22, 2010 12:20 AM