Paul Rousseau
Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Holding hands. Photo by Jclk8888 on Pixabay. Via Wikimedia. Public domain.

 

There is a solace to flesh on flesh,  

a laying on of the hands, a ritual of caring, 

but now, in our distant worlds, 

we hide in pixeled foxholes, 

tap, tap, tapping on computers, tablets, and cell phones, 

the patient unseen and untouched.

 

 

 

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PAUL ROUSSEAU (he/his/him) is a semi-retired physician, writer, lover of dogs, and occasional photographer published in sundry literary and medical journals. Nominated for The Best Small Fictions anthology from Sonder Press, 2020. Twitter: @ScribbledCoffee

 

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