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An Equation<br />

Feeling completely numb, I turned and saw the hall filled<br />

with onlookers. I cautiously and very slowly began to take<br />

steps back to <strong>my</strong> room. Retracing <strong>my</strong> wet footprints, I<br />

walked past other patients unable to look at them. Most<br />

stared at me with an understanding of <strong>my</strong> pain… they too,<br />

had been there.<br />

An orderly shadowed <strong>my</strong> steps to make sure there<br />

wouldn’t be any more trouble, but kept his distance.<br />

I walked past John’s room as he stood in his doorway,<br />

finishing what was left of his nutrition bar. We made eye<br />

contact, but said nothing.<br />

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