CT Scan
like snow flakes falling, maybe,
or ice particles avalanching off a rocky slope
hard to see the husband-father under skin
after Iraqi earth and rocks imbedded his face, neck, all around his eyes
easy to believe this 3-D image,
medical photography to peer inside a damaged body
but I see a wife
wondering how to understand her husband's face,
knowing a rock still rests
against his carotid artery, after passing through his throat
a throat that said “I love you”
Picture is from the book, In An Instant, by Bob and Lee Woodruff
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