Night Shift Prayers by Janeen Pergrin Rastall
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Today\\u2019s episode is Night Shift Prayers by Janeen Pergrin Rastall
\\nThis poem is part of Hearts to Hearts 2020 Pandemic Literary Project. In Hearts to Hearts, authors from around the country share their poems, prose and words of support to the UPHS staff in Marquette and to all those who keep us safe and healthy during this pandemic. Find Hearts to Hearts at marquettepoetscircle.wordpress.com
\\nNight Shift Prayers
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\\nThe last sip, cold in the cup,
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\\npatients\\u2019 lives tethered
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\\nto your choices, the second
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\\nhand clicks straight up.
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\\nHours of charts, call lights,
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\\nand carts between you
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\\nand the moment you strip off
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\\nyour gloves, feel air against
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\\nyour palms again. Until then,
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\\nknow you are held. I clasp
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\\nyou, remember you
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\\nin my nightly prayers.
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\\nJaneen Pergrin Rastall
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\\n6/01/2020