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Blame

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  • Elizabeth Gay, M.D.

A sliver of light interrupts the dark and marks this room as foreign. In this hospital bed, I listen to voices that are too loud for nighttime. This room, this night, this bed, feel like a punishment. The crime is clear to me: I have eaten too much sugar on Halloween.

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From Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston.

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