A Christmas Miracle Pantoum: Weighing Reality and Hope

<verse-group><verse-line>Between reality and hope, who am I to question</verse-line><verse-line>The cortical ribbon dancing through your brain</verse-line><verse-line>Your family praying for a Christmas miracle</verse-line><verse-line>Visions of sugar plums</verse-line></verse-group><verse-group><verse-line>The cortical ribbon dancing through your brain</verse-line><verse-line>Up on the house top, click click click</verse-line><verse-line>Visions of sugar plums</verse-line><verse-line>Faithful friends who are dear to us, will be near to us once more</verse-line></verse-group><verse-group><verse-line>Up on the housetop, click click click</verse-line><verse-line>Triphasic waves on EEG</verse-line><verse-line>Faithful friends who are dear to us, will be near to us once more,</verse-line><verse-line>Including your deceased nana baking cookies in the hallway</verse-line></verse-group><verse-group><verse-line>Triphasic waves on EEG</verse-line><verse-line>Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings</verse-line><verse-line>Including your deceased nana baking cookies in the hallway</verse-line><verse-line>In your conversations with us</verse-line></verse-group><verse-group><verse-line>Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings</verse-line><verse-line>Your wife asks if we have any other possible explanation</verse-line><verse-line>In our conversations with you, we</verse-line><verse-line>Tell tales of 14-3-3 and RT-QuIC</verse-line></verse-group><verse-group><verse-line>Your wife asks if we have any other possible explanation</verse-line><verse-line>Down through the chimney with good St. Nick</verse-line><verse-line>Tell tales of 14-3-3 and RT-QuIC</verse-line><verse-line>Your son wonders if we can try a Hail Mary pass treatment</verse-line></verse-group><verse-group><verse-line>Down through the chimney with good St. Nick</verse-line><verse-line>I have no new answers for you</verse-line><verse-line>Your son wonders if we can try a Hail Mary pass treatment</verse-line><verse-line>I pass the giftshop display of the Virgin with Child</verse-line></verse-group><verse-group><verse-line>I have no new answers for you</verse-line><verse-line>As I finish my shift, step into the silent night</verse-line><verse-line>I pass the giftshop display of the Virgin with Child,</verse-line><verse-line>Santa Claus is coming to town</verse-line></verse-group><verse-group><verse-line>As I finish my shift, step into the silent night</verse-line><verse-line>I think of Ms. C, ambulatory with 5/5 strength, disregarding her cervical cord astrocytoma halo</verse-line><verse-line>Santa Claus is coming to town</verse-line><verse-line>My conversation with Mr. L, language spared after complete left MCA infarct(1)</verse-line></verse-group><verse-group><verse-line>I think of Ms. C, ambulatory with 5/5 strength, disregarding her cervical cord astrocytoma halo</verse-line><verse-line>Defying expectations</verse-line><verse-line>My conversation with Mr. L, language spared after complete left MCA infarct(1)</verse-line><verse-line>These miracles are not lost to me</verse-line></verse-group><verse-group><verse-line>Defying expectations</verse-line><verse-line>'Tis the season where all things are possible</verse-line><verse-line>These miracles are not lost to me</verse-line><verse-line>So hang your stockings and say your prayers</verse-line></verse-group><verse-group><verse-line>'Tis the season where all things are possible</verse-line><verse-line>Your family praying for a Christmas miracle</verse-line><verse-line>So hang your stockings and say your prayers</verse-line><verse-line>Between reality and hope, who am I to question</verse-line></verse-group