Sample text from Lift

three days in this bed
seven days down the hall
(you’re in a good place now,
they tell you)
leather coat
clean sneakers
four hours of sleep
(three weeks and you’ll be on
your feet, they tell you)
(become accustomed to loss, they tell you.)

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Antoine Guimarres
(entirely indifferent)
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Jane Bird
(makes herself useful)
This poor man is unable to move.
This woman is quiet in her speech.
He lies on the floor as if to rest.
Her movements are slow.

deep dark
deep down
to rise
(as the fog lifted slowly)
to raise
(with a steady pulling or a heave)
to lift
to hold up
it is never
a little thing