poems In this issue   BACK TO TOOKANY REVIEW HOME   Edited by Kristine Grow & Sandee Mandel For more information about  writing workshops offered by the Cheltenham Township Adult School, contact: Cheltenham Township Adult School 1414 Panther Road Wyncote, PA 19095 Phone: 215-887-1720	Jan Felgoise    Jan Felgoise raised her family in Huntingdon Valley and has been a resident of Abington since 1988. Her first career was teaching Social Studies and English in the Cheltenham School District. Currently she is an attorney specializing in Family Law. Her great passion is working as a mediator, promoting this alternative dispute resolution to litigation.              Waiting to Win   Waiting wearily while in an ante-room As surgeons speculate on outcomes, We’ve just exited from emergent care. Silenced by tubes and screeching machines, That pulsate with menacing sounds and beeps, Arthur’s eyes reflect his inner-most fear - While I cautiously clench his hanging hand Pumping it up with placid promises.   Two innocents trapped in a torture maze, We can’t fathom an escape to freedom Fleeing the dispensed dire diagnosis. We must play the waiting game and outlast The odds placed as obstacles to a life. We strain to support his mind to control Courageous body efforts to succeed In victory over death’s ominous door.     Isaac in the E.R. The listless child reclines on the litter. His parents hover, anxiously awaiting A diagnosis to be determined By pointed questions and probing exams.   It’s so difficult to be sick at six- With fever raging, sucking out all smiles He tries to pinpoint the site of his pain, While cloistered in a curtained cubicle.   Doctors on parade peek in and poke Seeking some sort of anatomical clue To support and verify their verdict And rule out surgical intervention.   At last all reports are collated The consensus concludes no major malady. This small patient is prepped for departure, Successfully slipping the bounds of E.R.	"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." Lorraine Hansberry
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