Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Kansas United States

  • Battle of six feet

    Mark MosleyWichita, Kansas, United States They die alone now;jet pilots soaring solo upwardmuffled voices sucked into machinesspeaking a language we recognizebut too distant to quite understanduntil their plastic faces hardenand eyes glaze over like cloudsbreathing in rhythm into the beyond. We watch them curiously like fishin an aquarium fluorescent behind glass;heads inside our own bubbles,yellow…