Stagger
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1 min readSep 16, 2018
That innate in-drawing of breath
hits before the solid, crushing
weight of betrayal, you stagger
on shifting terrain, a blind
reach just to hang on.
Allan Rae is a former flight paramedic, utilizing both his medical and creative writing backgrounds as a qualitative health researcher examining HIV stigma through community and personal narratives. He is the editorial director of C(G) and the photo publication SNAPSHOTS. Satire, Starbucks, and stray dogs do not displease him. He shares his home in Canada with his partner David and their dog Mr. Moles.
