Dear Listeners,  

Please note the audible caution with brief description of content prior to play.  Part memoir, part history, the poem describes back-to-back April Fools' Days that were particularly cruel for one military family and community.  The tragedies that befell my neighbors and classmates exemplified powerful lessons:

• Physicians are often lonely and suffer in silence 
• Military psychiatrists are vulnerable to suicide just as the patients they treat
• A military widow with children determined to keep family together was potent opposition for an F3 when it ripped through the neighborhood

Dedicated to veterans and military families affected by moral injury, PTSD, and suicide.  On a separate note, April marks a history of tragic freight.  

In a world of cheaply made bargains, the social and commercial determinants of health are not jargon! Thank you for taking the time to listen. ciao, for now. drmichelabull.com