POST-FALL: eight hours in emergency care

found a shirt that i could pull over splint this morning.

trouble pulling tight socks off last night.

took the opioid once, so far. CBD preferred.

when i slipped on invisible ice and fell,

sudden crystal clear awareness and gratitude.

it was not my right wrist – am right handed-

it was not my knee

it was not my hip

not my head

just my left wrist!

and though two bones fractured, one of them splintered

after doc straightened wrist

a ct scan showed all the little fragments aligned

exactly where they should be

so may not need surgery.

Ann Kreilkamp
Ph.D. 81

Rogue philosopher, astrologer, published author, conference presenter, world traveler, founder & editor of Crone Chronicles: A Journal of Conscious Aging (1989-2001) , and founding visionary of Green Acres Permaculture Village (2010 to present).

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