Hospital Waiting Room

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” depict a place where we’d like to spend as little time as possible.

hospital waiting room—

the drinking fountain

stops humming

             (written 2000, published 2005)

hospital waiting room—

the plastic plants

haven’t grown

             (written 2022, published 2023)

hospital waiting room—

too much laughter

from the other end

             (written 2016, published 2019)