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The poet who changed my DNA
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KevinMD.com
We met in an Oklahoma town, but Dillon, Swayze, Cruise, and Macchio became insiders in my West Virginia life.
Together, we formed Healthcare is Human (HIH) and our goal was to tell first-person health care stories with photography and interviews.
In 2022, poet Renée K. Nicholson joined our team and shortly thereafter wrote “Doctor, Doctor” based on a black and white Humphreys photo, one in which I cradle a COVID-19 vaccine vial in my hands.
Under my skin, this poem acts like a literary helicase enzyme, changing my DNA, restoring pieces damaged by work, family, pandemic, grief, loss, life.
This article is part of an ongoing series about the photography of Molly Humphreys and her impact on health care.