ceiling lamp
comadreja
They’d met in Krakow, an American with a broken heart and a German who’d sutured it back together in a six day-long procedure, the whole operation done without a breath of anesthesia. Afterward they both glowed: one with relief, and one with professional pride. It would not be long before the work would be described (in words of academic awe) in the leading medical journal.
On the way to Dresden, where they would part ways, the two stopped in Görlitz and took a turn around the waiting room. They were a little awkward, truth be told, since both felt the burden of debt on their shoulders and wanted to be free of it. The doctor took out a stethoscope to listen, one more time, to the American’s heart; its rhythm grew more regular by the hour. The patient gazed up at the ceiling, caught by the smooth white bulbs in the lamp that hung above.
How strange it seemed that if one of these should fall and shatter, it would be impossible to mend.
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