Poetry Issue #3: Pain Continued December 31st, 2019 December 31st, 2019 Files Pending by Victoria Crawford Files Pending “In” and “Out” files crowd my desk, my life, but the one marked “Pending” with abandon grows tall, fat, deep; my energy and worry expending until the warning light abruptly flares bright to halt the ongoing intending of all my busy-ness with immediacy; I sit outside a medical door pretending a bravery that I lack, a smile in need of mending; old man’s problem, yes or no biopsy, unguessed now ...

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