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Healing across cultures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2023

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Tarek Zieneldien*
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College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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Poetry
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Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , June 2024, pp. 626
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press.
You are awfully quiet
Blending into the hospital bed
Like a chameleon in distress
And although I cannot speak to you
In your native tongue
I will communicate through smiles and nods
Through pain scales and treatment regimens
Until we develop a shared understanding
Of our eagerness to experience
Each other’s customs

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The author declares no conflicts of interest.