I can only imagine the procedure, the cold operating theater now closed to the family, the bright lights, the surgical team in scrubs, gowned and gloved. The whoosh of ventilators; steady beeps; clinking tools; young nurses murmuring. And that first incision, from the suprasternal notch to the pubis, the gall bladder excised, retracting the esophagus […]
Steven Owen Shields
Steven Owen Shields began writing poetry while playing long album sides as an all-night radio announcer. He is the author of Daimonion Sonata (2005), Valentines for Many People (2012), Creation Story (2019) and Random Acts of Childhood (2020). Find him on Instagram at @napjox.