I Will Write a Novel Today

I will write a novel today
or at least a few short stories
in an electronic record for
future physicians to see.
I hear stories of suffering
and translate them into a
narrative that is concise
but hopefully captures the
singular struggle of a
mind, body, and spirit.
Proscriptions and prescriptions
flow from that, informed by
years of schooling and a
lifetime of being human.
The healing process is
a two way street, echoing
the stories of holy writ,
"Rabbi, who sinned,
this man or his parents,
that he would be born blind?"


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