Facilities Should Restrict Visitation of All Visitors, Except for Certain Compassionate Care Situations.

• Author: Sanderson, Lauren
• Position: Poem

We sat still & straight so long that wakeful Autumn (mouths masked, death on all our minds)- (In the mouth of Autumn, death is what we mind) We felt the chill of the first frosted morning. We felt the chill before we felt the morning, Like my grandma woke before my mom's water broke. Like my grandma knew before my mom: I was almost home. She stayed close and ready. Now she's close to ready, making her way home; Mom has dreams of water gushing through the house. Mom has dreams of water. Meanwhile, in the house, I've been sleeping...