{"id":3949,"date":"2019-05-15T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/translatingpain\/?p=3949"},"modified":"2019-05-03T15:59:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T15:59:52","slug":"stroke-by-lizzie-heath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/translatingpain\/2019\/05\/15\/stroke-by-lizzie-heath\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Stroke&#8217; by Lizzie Heath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">There is a snuffing out<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">when the synapses stop firing.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">The ex-wives fade to black.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">His hawks blink.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">Extinguished.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">The Co-op, Jesus, trains and snow glimmer.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">Cut.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">Planets spin off the axons.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">Our kisses are ashes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">blown to the wind.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">He lies alone, like a great house<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">with all it&#8217;s furniture moved out;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">windows smeared with grease,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">electrics, plumbing in such disarray,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">builders would suck their teeth,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">shrug, turn away.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">Flick a switch, see the neurons crackle. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">Smell the burning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\"><em>by Lizzie Heath<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;font-size: 14pt\">United Kingdom<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a snuffing out when the synapses stop firing. 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