Today’s episode is Night Shift Prayers by Janeen Pergrin Rastall

This poem is part of Hearts to Hearts 2020 Pandemic Literary Project. In Hearts to Hearts, authors from around the country share their poems, prose and words of support to the UPHS staff in Marquette and to all those who keep us safe and healthy during this pandemic. Find Hearts to Hearts atmarquettepoetscircle.wordpress.com

``` Night Shift Prayers

The last sip, cold in the cup,

patients’ lives tethered

to your choices, the second

hand clicks straight up.

Hours of charts, call lights,

and carts between you

and the moment you strip off

your gloves, feel air against

your palms again. Until then,

know you are held. I clasp

you,  remember you

in my nightly prayers.

Janeen Pergrin Rastall

6/01/2020 ```

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