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[broicherdorfstr]

Human Being

I am not a "Rm # ___".
I am not a MRN (medical record number).
I am not a chart.
With a room number.
With a MRN.
I am not IV tubes connected to my chest port.

There is a body at the end of the IV machine,
the beep, beep, beeping IV machine.
There is a body at the end of the
long, spindly, winding, ever tangling IV tubes
attached to the beep, beep, beeping IV machine.
There is a person ...
I am not my chest port.

I am not my chest port.
I am not my chest port.