Monday, January 13, 2003

Angina Pectoris Comments

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If half my heart is here, doctor,
the other half is in China
with the army flowing
toward the Yellow River.
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Nazim Hikmet
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Dr Antony Theodore 18 April 2020

doctor, that is the reason for this angina pectoris- not nicotine, prison, or arteriosclerosis. I look at the night through the bars, and despite the weight on my chest my heart still beats with the most distant stars. my heart always beating the most distant stars. tony

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James Wendt 13 October 2004

as a physician, I must say this is a most amazing poem-a poem that examplifies narrative medicine

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