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Elegant and Brutal by Cristina Marcalow

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I. Trapped Kaiser Santa Clara Hospital, June 2018 The haul bag sits, a stuffed pig in the trunk. Cams, nuts, and two foil-wrapped burritos vibrate with expectant energy. But the car is parked in the red haze of the emergency room parking lot sign, and it won’t be going anywhere tonight. Inside the hospital, her…

Elegant and Brutal by Cristina Marcalow

Cristina Marcalow’s piece for Volume 15 called Elegant and Brutal. In this piece she writes about the brutal beauty of life, and caregiving for her Mother.

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