Hemmorhage

They taught me the word hemorrhage in medical school.

Such a descriptive word.

I like to hear the word.

They taught me to use a scalpel to relieve human suffering.

That's what I do.

Relieve suffering.

I have helped many who suffered great pain.

I have helped her.

She lays in a heap on the bricks of the alley.

I watch as the blood pools about her, black by the light of the gas lamp.

She had called to me from the alley and I could hear the pain in her voice.

Stepping close I said "Just call me Jack"