power to
distract.
When she
returned
to her
room late
that
afternoon,
on her
chest was
an expanse
of
billowing
white
bandage
placed by
a
surgeon's
hands with
a
precision
and
delicacy
she would
have
admired. I
was
reminded
of the
coverlet
she had
appliqued3
for our
children's
cradle
when they
were
infants.
The
bandage
looked
gentle and
protective-reassuring
and not as
harsh as I
had
expected.
Sitting
beside her
in a dimly
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