The Filipino Internist | 55-Word Narrative Work (January 2023)

REFLECTIVE WRITING FOR INTERNIST | A 55-WORD STORY WRITING FLASH WORKSHOP
Session 5 – January 2023

"GAMOT"

By Dr. Julius Baciles

Paano mo ba sasabibin...

Paano ka magbibilin...

Sakit na iyong nararamdaman Kailan kaya ito maiibsan?

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LISENSYA

By Dr Kevin Joy Batan

Isa, parang blankong libro

Nakakalula, nakakakaba

Musmos na manggagamot, nakatingala

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Infected-Isolated

By Dr Nowell Benedict Catbagan

I have been careful

Putting on my PPE

Not my first time

But still with anxiety

Saw patients inside

Came out feeling fine

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2AM

By Dr. Katherine Pesalbo

The dark seems abysmal.

The wind brings about a chill that seeps deep in the bones. 2 am, always hit like either you're on top of the world or under it.

Tonight's latter.

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TRANSITION

By Dr Carmelo Bautista III

As the old adage says, “Nothing is permanent in this world except change.”

A striking proverb that has shifted my perspective from being encased in the four walls of the wards to the wide and challenging world of the frontlines.

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OPD

By Dr. JB Besa

Tambak na papel sa mesa

Hindi alam saan magsisimula

Uunahin ba si lola na alas-kwatro pa nakapila?

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CHAIR

By Dr Shiela Campomanes

Your favorite chair

in front of the television

has remained empty ever since.

I wish I could still

see You sitting there.

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FIRST DOSE

By Dr Raquel Isabell Donado

We had woken at the crack of dawn and left my baby to travel to the site. It was before sunrise when we arrived, yet the line was almost at cut off...

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REMEMBERING DAD

By Dr Ella Masamayor

With every death I pronounce, I remember Dad’s death. I remember the blue dress I wore, his white-walled hospital room, his big throne-like hospital bed, eating lechon manok...

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