it saved his life

it saved his life
five weeks old

common foxglove
Digitalis purpurea 
this regal plant
towering spire
of bell-shaped florets
purple, pink, or white
with spotted throats

the remedy’s strong— 
line between
deadly and medicinal
so thin, overseen
in the hospital
slows the heart
strengthens its beat

titrated
for my five-pound son