Valve and Vessel

Poems, recollections, and quotations

Written and recorded by a social worker
serving in a Chicago trauma intensive care unit.
Based on her experiences working with
victims of gun violence.

Selections

01-2020-01-27
02-2020-01-29
03-2020-02-17
04-2020-07-06
05-2020-07-27
06-2020-09-01
07-2020-09-03
08-2020-11-04
09-2020-11-23
10-2020-12-31
11-2021-01-06
12-2021-01-11
13-2021-01-28
14-2021-01-28
15-2021-03-06
16-2021-03-18
17-2021-03-25
18-2021-04-19
19-2021-05-06
20-2021-06-30
21-2021-07-01
22-2021-07-01
23-2021-07-01
24-2021-07-11
25-2021-08-09

"I wanted a spicy tender,
and, instead,
I got a spicy bullet."
-ML

07/01/2021