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Emily Yong

Poetry

July/Aug 2019

Opioid, Alcohol, Despair

By Emily Yong

1 Feel for your lying there, how could I fail a man lying there poor guy, lies there; there’s­ —  nowhere to go. He can barely lift his limbs. Moreover his […]

Poetry

July/Aug 2019

Emergency, Christmas Eve

By Emily Yong

  —  internship, AIDS, 1982  — Five beds later & did I say I was still high On adrenaline, or indifferent? The board glared down The night’s affliction: Fever. Fatigue From cancer. Sudden […]