At 7 AM, the hospital is empty, clean and quiet. I patter in slip-grip socks to the bathroom and back to sit in front of the television detailing grisly morning news reports. I squeeze my ears shut, trying to move the sound of the TV screen to the background, like a picture watermark in Microsoft Word.
John Chrysostom in the MRI
John Chrysostom in the MRI
John Chrysostom in the MRI
At 7 AM, the hospital is empty, clean and quiet. I patter in slip-grip socks to the bathroom and back to sit in front of the television detailing grisly morning news reports. I squeeze my ears shut, trying to move the sound of the TV screen to the background, like a picture watermark in Microsoft Word.