Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: tumultuary rapids

  • Danse of the virus

    S.E.S. MedinaBenbrook, Texas, United States It is born with tens of thousands of identical brothers and sisters when the thin-walled, transparent, fatty bubble of their nurturing womb suddenly bursts—releasing them into the tumultuary rapids of the host’s bloodstream. It possesses no sense of self, no manner of consciousness—even in the most rudimentary way. It lacks…