Unconscious
Janet Kuypers
07/11/11
I was unconscious
thirteen years ago
thirteen years ago
I had been unconscious
for almost 130 minutes
and then was unconscious
for almost thirteen days
I internally laugh
when I count in my head
the thirteen steps I take
in the dark
for my cat to hear
as I make my way
to the next storey
to my bedroom
thirteen...
they say it’s an unlucky number
but
it wasn’t on the thirteenth
when I almost died
I think I’m just
trying to connect
some imaginary dots here
right now
I have no power
at my home
and I sit here
thinking of how
I had no power
to breathe on my own
thirteen years ago
and it was almost thirteen days
before I started breathing again
and I’m still
gasping for air
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