Friday, July 9, 2021

 July  9,  2021


AMBULANCE SCREAMING

 

The scream of an ambulance:
“Get out of my way!” as it keeps
rushing down Main Street.
Is someone dying – injured –
or hurt? They had a stroke –
a heart attack – a fall – and
they got to get to the hospital.
Who’s who here? What happened?
Life: we certainly need others.
 
We were taught to say a “Hail Mary”
when we hear an ambulance
screaming. I do that. But I also say
a prayer of thanks for that rescue
squad – and the hospital staff they
are rushing to – and I quietly wonder,
“What do they do in the middle of
Kansas – when this happens miles
and miles away for everyone?”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020


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