Other than the sheet’s faint rise and fall, the room stayed still enough to frighten them. Each night they leaned in, brushed the soft collapse of his cheeks, grazed the creases in his bruised palm. Was this the last time, they’d see his fingers curl at 2 a.m. for his Bluey cup, his eyes glassy […]
Sumit Parikh
Sumit Parikh is a poet from Cleveland, Ohio, and a pediatric neurologist. His poems have appeared in I-70 Review, North Dakota Quarterly, The Marbled Sigh, and Intima. Selected work is available at sumitspoetry.com.