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Statistics

Bonnie Salomon, MD

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Between two sheets of standard deviation
She lies in her starched hospital bed.
Glancing past the window,
She reviewed the possibility
Of death at 40.
The sampling error, random, yet cruel,
Plucked her from the population.
The mass in her right ovary
Blossomed like a killing flower:
Powerful and deadly.
At night, the IV pump flashes lights,
Forcing red numbers into her veins.
Dream:
She glides down the bell-shaped curve
To the far end, to safety,
To the golden island of 5-year survivors.
Lotus eaters sip nectar (grow drowsy)
From god-smiling goblets.
Awake:
Her doctor's gaze, dry, empty.
He speaks of errors, clinical trials,
Pushing her dizzily back to the mean,
Abandoning her blessed isle.
Bonnie Salomon, MD
Deerfield, IL 60015
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Salomon B. Statistics. Ann Intern Med. ;129:621. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-129-8-199810150-00006

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(8):621.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-129-8-199810150-00006

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