The Ordeal Poem by ed purchla

15 stensibly, there ----- have been screaming,
3  ertainly, if so, it fell on deaf ears.
20 he ----- of ----- son is what did ----- in,
1  s grief brought illness, a deep sleep ensued.
22 ery limited ----- medicine then,
9  n a brief time, ----- ----- was pronounced, and
1  cquiescence suffused ----- husband's face.
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8  owever, when ----- began to fall,
1  kin to ----- suffering she had borne,
20 he husband started to doubt ----- -----'s fate,
3  ontemplating why ----- got better.
8  aving ----- exhumed revealed ----- horror:
5  scape failed, bloody claw marks, torn lining,
18 emnants of awakening underground.
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15 ccasions such as these were rarely seen,
18 ather, people used bell-bearing coffins.
4  espite ----- fact that James ----- afford it,
5  ndorsing ----- doctor's word ----- ----- way.
1  following ----- son, ----- ----- so close,
12 eft alone, ----- felt forever guilty.
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