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    The Persistence of Ashes
    The Persistence of Ashes
    The Persistence of Ashes
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    The Persistence of Ashes

    By Kenneth Salzmann

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    Blood Counts

    In this polite place:
    A hand trained in the ways
    of death and delivery
    cups a pill, slides a gurney,
    shrink-wrapped, bubbling,
    through sterile chambers
    overfilled with hints
    of salvation served
    on sheets of steel.

    Suffering is silent here:
    Purple or black fishes dart
    in diversionary circles
    at the backs of smiling clerks,
    when blood counts
    don't add up.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGelles-Cole Literary Enterprises
    Release dateApr 13, 2011
    ISBN9781458099662
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