"clean living", Ally Chua
even at 8am the hospital
is crowded. i'm not used
to the morning universe, the idea
of people living full lives before
the clock strikes nine. there are
twenty people before me, twenty
years older. i wait for hours
only to hear that my bones
are burning out. i can't reconcile
this with my need to full throttle
the lever. if i wake up everyday
at 6, eat only greens, look
both ways before i make
every crossing, could i add
another twenty years
to my lifetime?