I remained cautiously optimistic
yet that eerie feeling
knocked my chest silent
you know, but you still don’t know
She was in her mid 20’s. Says it all
we did everything we could
yet entropy just doesn’t give a damn
and wins
I have not felt like this… in years
meanwhile, bombs fall down in art theaters
in Ukraine
art is the last refuge
I can’t imagine what their families are going through right now
in Chicago and in Mariupol
my prayers are with them
This lament is for you
They replaced your heart valve three times
third time’s a charm
my heart rocked out of place displaced
like so many refugees out there
we get the sick heart valve out
and a clotting storm erupts, arterial dissections
aerial bombardments, humanity lapses
hemodynamic collapse
…you stop.
your cardiac arrest is ongoing while I sleep
they crack open your chest again,
because you had the pressure of the entire world inside
Ms B, you never regained pulses
“deceased”, says your chart to me this morning
the cold metaverse told me the news
so I fight back
making you verses
to let you go
to make you stay
we
are all refugees
tonight
Alexandre Carvalho