Picture of the Day October 5, 2008 (Month of October 2008)
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Elio in the First Hospital in the Americas
This is a scan of a photo taken about 20 years ago. The negative is long lost. The place is the first hospital in the Americas in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. The subject is my son who hurt his hand. He recovered without complications.
This is part of Mikesjournal Magazine #7 - The Dominican Republic (Click for Preview).
We Came To America Seeking Healing
We came to America seeking healing
The diagnosis a shattered life line
The diagnosis a broken heart line
Prognosis not good
Born at the wrong time
Born at the wrong place
We came to America seeking comfort
We found the place in ruins
The doctors on rum
The nurses on merengue
The orderlies using medicine to sweeten their café
We grew wild seeking freedom
But soon melted into your island charm
Willing victims of a few million stars
An India-ink sky and love beyond measure
The life line was not shattered
The heart line was not broken
They led us here our lives a tropical morning.
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