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I Just Want To Go Home

Kara Jackman·November 5, 2019

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I Just Want To Go Home

written by: Kara Jackman

@KaraJ1979

Front clasp
Metal on metal
Zipped fly
Green corduroys
Blue Sweater

I’m wearing clothes for
The first time in days

I’m going home from the hospital
I ate the Ice cream
Like they told me
So I can go home,
Their rules
Not mine
Scrambled eggs when I get home
Mom says

Things going by fast again
It’s been slow for so long.
Three days feel like
Three months here

People moving round
Flying past me
Papers, doctors, nurses, curtains, gurneys, sheets, kids, gauze, blood
Blue
Blue blurred into blue
Into grey into white
Into oblivion

Get me outta here

Outside
Cold air rushes to my cheeks
Flushed

Cars, horns, mom’s voice, other voices chatter
Loud
Everything faster, louder than three days hence

I’m slow
Tired, worn, sore
Swollen, bruised

I just want to go home

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:

I wrote this piece when I was in high school. It’s written from my perspective as a 5-year-old about to leave the hospital after having surgery to repair my soft palate.

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Kara Jackman

Kara Jackman is an Archivist at Boston University by day and a freelance writer by night.
Her work has appeared in a number of regional, Massachusetts newspapers, non-profit newsletters, and local sports magazines. Her interests are many and varied thanks to her parents' commitment to artistic immersion. Her four years spent at the College of the Holy Cross did not hurt either. She blogs about music, fitness and self-improvement.
Kara resides in a suburb just outside the city of Boston.

Lauren Scott

Lauren Scott writes poetry and memoir and enjoys the challenge of trying other genres. She has authored two collections of poetry: New Day, New Dreams and Finding a Balance. In 2021, she released her memoir, More than Coffee. She is a contributing author in the anthology, Poetry Treasures 2: Relationships, as well as in the upcoming anthology, This is How We Grow. Her fourth book, Ever So Gently, is a poetry collection to be published in June. She recently finished her first children's book and works with her illustrator with plans to release it this year. She lives in California with her husband, Matt, and their lab, Copper. They have two adult children residing on the east coast. Lauren's writing inspiration comes from her love of family, spending time outdoors, and finding joy in the simple things.

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