Ain’t Killed Me Yet: Still Playing Curiousity

Medical personnel pummel me with unfamiliar words and abbreviations I can’t repeat for lack of recollection: the point, they say, is that I can’t be here. So I wait. And without even thinking about it, without intending it, I pull my phone out and load Curiousity. “Welcome back,” it reads, like an old friend waiting to comfort me.