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richardf8 ([personal profile] richardf8) wrote2004-12-24 10:31 am
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On Living with Hypertension

Instead of Tefillin
I bind my arm with the cuff of a sphygmomanometer
I press start
And await judgment from a beit din
of MAP sensors and printed circuits
Diastolic trending downward,
I am inscribed in the book of life another day, at least.