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The Color Lavender
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156:108.
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Lavender is everywhere.
Walls freshly painted,
Cinderella on the curtains
on a lavender background.
Lavender fingernail polish.
Lavender fingernail polish remover
on the dresser, alongside the
array of not-lavender bottles of
Senokot, lactulose, and cisapride.
Barbie on a lavender surfboard
propped in the hand
with the lavender nails,
on the lavender bedsheets where
a young teen lies breathing with the help
of a not-lavender breathing machine
on assist control.
I don't know what to say
In the office, it is easy—
forms to be filled out,
prescriptions to be refilled
Listen to the heart,
touch the belly.
"Any residuals from the G-tube?"
But what do I do here
in her lavender room?
Her hair barrettes lie neatly in boxes
in the corner, alongside the plastic
tubes for her tracheostomy.
The pulse oximeter is beeping, informing
me that her oxygenation is good.
"Is that thing always on?" I ask the nurse.
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