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Ambulances
An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient. The word is often associated with road going emergency ambulances which form part of an emergency medical service, administering emergency care to those with acute medical problems.
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The Chariot Cometh by Stewart Stafford
O gleaming chariot of restoration,
Ferrying that tortuous animal, Man,
Ministering as Gods to mortals,
Dispensing the miracle of rebirth.
Woe to that lost, delinquent essedum,
Neglecting and failing malcontents,
Memories fade in mind, not in heart,
Angel of mercy now a spirit of vengeance.
Grief stalks the mad and jealous soul,
Juggling coals of rectitude and retribution,
Scalded palms scant refuge from pain,
Let savagery flee to its depths, be free.
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Last night, you sped past revolving and flashing
red, blue, and white lights along the road—
a wildfire in the dark; though no one
you knew was taken in the midnight ambulance,
an arrow struck a bull’s-eye and quivered
in its shaft: one minute gratitude rises
like water from an underground lake;
another, dissolution gnaws from a black center.
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― Sight Lines
― Sight Lines
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