Bird, Woman's Wardrobe and The Birth of Humility

Perhaps he's just being sentimental, for he has cared for this woman for decades, knows her fear, insomnia, heart sounds and blood sugar, humbling layers of knowing someone-in the flesh, under the microscope, from her dreams, he the steady stone in a stream that runs to the sea that meets an oc...

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Published inMedical humanities Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 53 - 54
Main Author Bolton, Edited by Gillie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics 01.06.2001
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Short stories
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Summary:Perhaps he's just being sentimental, for he has cared for this woman for decades, knows her fear, insomnia, heart sounds and blood sugar, humbling layers of knowing someone-in the flesh, under the microscope, from her dreams, he the steady stone in a stream that runs to the sea that meets an ocean across which she once sailed on her journey here. [...]tell me something nice," she says. Suddenly I'm a small girl hidden in the soft dark mystery of fur coats: my mother's evening dress, black scratchy net with a splatter of damante stars, hangs fragrant with powdery smells of perfume and lipstick.
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ISSN:1468-215X
1473-4265
DOI:10.1136/mh.27.1.53