by Elaine Sorrentino
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I’m no statistician
but I wonder if UnitedHealth factored in
but I wonder if UnitedHealth factored in
the percentage of declined subscribers
who would rejoice over deadly revenge
who would rejoice over deadly revenge
when calculating risk for the most vulnerable─
a system predisposed to dollars over lives,
a system predisposed to dollars over lives,
one with a ninety percent error rate;
what ailing patient is up for that legal battle?
what ailing patient is up for that legal battle?
I question where my claim would land
in the roulette wheel of computations;
in the roulette wheel of computations;
having dipped into this well twice,
would my ball stop in the red DENIED pocket?
would my ball stop in the red DENIED pocket?
Elaine Sorrentino has been published in Minerva Rising, Willawaw Journal, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Ekphrastic Review, ONE ART: a journal of poetry, Haiku Universe,The New Verse News, Sparks of Calliope, Gyroscope Review, Quartet Journal, The Raven’s Perch,and Panoplyzine. She hosts the Duxbury Poetry Circle, was featured on a poetry podcast at Onyx Publications. Her first collection of poetry, called Belly Dancing in a Brown Sweatsuit is in production at Kelsay Books.