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Kate Hendry

Lost at the Western General

Lost at the Western General

by Kate Hendry — It only happened once, at night – / the ward we needed wasn’t listed // on any signs and there was no one / in the Covid-empty corridors to ask. // Finally, I recognised the stairs / I’d descended

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