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[Ann Emerg Med. 2008;51:680.]
| It wasn't what he planned |
| Or thought |
| Not death, exactly |
| (Because it comes for us all) |
| Prepared for a sudden stop somewhere |
| The last beat |
| A graceful exit |
| The card house collapsing |
| On itself |
| With a breath. |
| But not this forgetting |
| His children exhausted |
| In the long twilight |
| When sleep will not come |
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PII: S0196-0644(07)01564-8
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.09.023
© 2008 American College of Emergency Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
