This Blogpost Is Personal

 

Ran into a tough opponent the other day.  Took a header. I hit the pavement and it knocked me cold. Disfigured my face. An entire crew of firemen pulled up in full regalia, ladder engine included, had a look and got me a deluxe ambulance ride to the emergency room, plus a brainscan, a 24-hour overnight on a hospital gurney—the place was fully booked—and a bunch of stitches by a well-meaning young doc. Now home, condition improving, I got to thinking of Edward Dahlberg’s Can These Bones Live.

Another way to look at my little adventure:

With collage by Norman O. Mustill.

 

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