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The Computer Of The Hide Away Essay

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The computers in the hide away. the vending machines in the kitchens.the showers in their coves? abandoned all the same .and the cafeteria ,too-
Unfrequented by all but nurses.
That night my ruminations wound me round many corners. along dark windows .Crawling up escalators. Beneath hall-spanning bulletins of sick children grinning beside their nurses.
That 's supposed to be you, I told myself.
In the hospital lobby, a pair of stained glass orca whales hung from the skylight.The whales wavered in degrees. Two-dimensional tales over eight floors of foyer. Creeping as if their cables could twist,snap,then fall down,the whole pod singing ,wailing to the linoleum...
Shattering.
I was lying in claire 's hospital bed.
Her iv shrilled.
"Air in line" flashed on the LED screen.claire murmuerd .She snored .The snore was so fierce that it-not the alarm-woke me.She would get used to it.I would get used to it. but some things you shouldnt get used to,even when theyre inevitable.
Her chest rose and fell ,I lay awake. all along the hospital ward ,an alarm was whining. "code blue,code blue,code blue-"it said as I climbed out of bed and cracked open the door.Cold and sticky ,linoleum stuck to my feet.down the hall, nurses gathered in the doorway. A crash cart rattled around.a crash cart rattled around the corner. as the cart drew nearer ,it grew and grew until-
It rumbled through the onlookers.
The alarm continued.
"code blue ,code blue" and that 's when i saw it : shimmering

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