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  1. Christopher Lee Bennett
  1. Corresponding to
    Christopher Bennett, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC, 27514, USA; christopher_bennett{at}med.unc.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2015-010706

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    What good comes from talk,

    of genetics and

    of glycolipids.

    In a room absent for

    mom or dad.

    When words fall on deaf ears

    and eyes fixed forward.

    A young mind long gone,

    unregistering and unable

    to comprehend or acknowledge.

    Background noises of

    hissing oxygen and monitor alarms.

    Muffled coughs underscoring

    our inability to offer more

    than a gentle touch.

    Antibiotics delaying an

    inevitable end.

    Supportive care and

    pills for this dimly

    lit empty room.

    Footnotes

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.