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The thermometers have left
on quiet feet
this room of sheets

A visitor came down the tubes
to chat of this and that;
of everyday:

He raised his hand as if to say
a word or two

I coughed
and he was blue
pneumonia blue

I saw he had come to see
if I was ready for eternity

(1988)
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Pneumonia Blue
Date: Monday, 2nd January 2012 @ 01:49:59 AM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry

Contributed By: richard2

Pneumonia Blue

The thermometers have left
on quiet feet
this room of sheets

A visitor came down the tubes
to chat of this and that;
of everyday:

He raised his hand as if to say
a word or two

I coughed
and he was blue
pneumonia blue

I saw he had come to see
if I was ready for eternity

(1988)

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