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Ad Libitum17 February 2015TimeGaetan Sgro, MDGaetan Sgro, MDFrom Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M14-1073 Audio Reading - “Time” Audio. Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "Time," by G. Sgro. Your browser does not support the audio element. Audio player progress bar Step backward in current audio track Play current audio trackPause current audio track Step forward in current audio track Mute current audio trackUnmute current audio track 00:00/ SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail You people keep asking, and I keepanswering. Always the same thing.I hear each breath lift off from my lipsonly to lose speed and fail to clearthe drone of these fretful machines.I want another forty, maybe fiftyyears. But you're not offering. So,what about something to stretch time.What about a chocolate egg creamI spent all boyhood envisioningthick milk sloshing, soda hose hissingthe girl's fingernails, hot pink for alleternity. Or one summer, as my motherlay dying in the living room, howI hovered over her with calipers, measuringthe pauses in her breathing.in ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Current Author Address: Gaetan Sgro, MD; e-mail, gaetan.[email protected]gov. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement Audio Reading - “Time” Audio. Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "Time," by G. Sgro. Your browser does not support the audio element. Audio player progress bar Step backward in current audio track Play current audio trackPause current audio track Step forward in current audio track Mute current audio trackUnmute current audio track 00:00/ FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 17 February 2015Volume 162, Issue 4Page: 324KeywordsBreathingChocolateCoffeeMilk ePublished: 17 February 2015 Issue Published: 17 February 2015 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2015 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...
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