Play pricking

Authors

  • Abhishek Anicca Writer, poet and performer; identifies as a person with disability and chronic illness

Keywords:

Disability, Health humanities, Medical humanities, Poetry in medicine

Abstract

This is a poem I wrote in the hospital while recovering from COVID this year. It is always difficult for people to find my veins for inserting an IV and it always turns into a theater of the absurd. This poem talks about that experience in the hope that it also reflects how, everyday, all of us are play pricking, trying to find the veins of our life.

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Published

2021-12-28

How to Cite

Anicca, A. (2021). Play pricking. Research and Humanities in Medical Education, 8, 127. Retrieved from https://rhime.in/ojs/index.php/rhime/article/view/526

Issue

Vol. 8 (2021)

Section

Poetry and Fiction

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Copyright (c) 2021 Abhishek Anicca

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