Nancy Naomi Carlson

Intravenous Lines

Intravenous Lines

Nothing better to do than watch each drop of Cytoxan shimmydown a see-through tube to anoint the chosen vein.You could turn to the window’s maple, smoldering in autumn sun,to catch the precise nanosecond when leaf detaches from limb—stare down a likely candidate, curled and tinged with brown.A nudge from the windmight encourage the scene along,but …

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