The number is 79
It was an all-time sanitarium that had been renovated for the new age of anti-anti-without antibiotics, without vaccinations, the sick had to be sick because of the folly of their parents and society
But there were still someone upstairs that helped out remember the old days The hallways for sometimes was sometimes empty
There was a room we went to and no computers no instruments a person who had the number and the number was always 79 79 was a foretelling they were a fortuneteller a health teller and they knew just by looking at you if you were going to be above 79 or below if you were going to survive the treatments or not if you were live or you will die 79 79 and above what is the number that combination of anti-medicine holistic mysticism
I remember I came as a boy I saw the old man he gave me my reading above 79 immediately he says and looks at me and smiles you’re lucky young man I hope to never see you again
Wyn, West
Dr. Kathleen “Kate” Gillespie is a scientist, a published poet, short story writer, and playwright. Her literary work has appeared in Gargoyle Magazine, Silver Blade Magazine, Urbanite Magazine and others. For several years, she has been a Writer in Residence at Renaissance House Writer’s Retreat in Martha’s Vineyard. She holds a MS in Environmental Science and PhD in Marine Biotechnology from University of Maryland at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET). Kate is a veteran STEM and STEAM advocate and has mentored dozens of Baltimore City Public School students. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Biotechnology at SUNY Cobleskill.