The Kid sits
opposite
the wheelchair
with Anne
telling him
about her
painful leg
when it aches
it frigging
drives me mad
she tells him
she pulls up
her red skirt
to show him
the naked
stump of leg
yet it aches
in the part
that's not there
she explains
he gapes at
the fleshy
stump of leg
why is that?
he asks her
how the heck
would I know
pull that down
this moment
the nun says
angrily
coming near
from the home
her black and
white habit
flapping quick
about her
Anne stares
at the nun
what's got your
white knickers
in a twist?
she utters
to the nun
who do you
think you are
showing off
your leg stump?
she yanks down
the red skirt
to cover
the leg stump
don't touch me
you penguin
Anne says
decency
my young girl
you Benny
why are you
watching her?
the nun asks
I showed him
where it hurts
Anne says
you shouldn't
show your leg
it's my leg
what is left
don't be rude
the Kid looks
at the nun
just looking
what she showed
just her stump
he explains
you mustn't
the nun says
anymore
doing that
young Anne
and I'll tell
Sister Paul
and the nun
walks away
her habit
flapping slow
about her
as she walks
what a dumb
arsed penguin
Anne says
they both watch
the young nun
as she walks
on the lawn
to the home
for sick kids
by the sea
anyway
that's my leg
or the stump
do you want
another
look and see?
Feb 16, 2015
Feb 16, 2015 at 3:06 AM UTC
The Kid sits
opposite
the wheelchair
with Anne
telling him
about her
painful leg
when it aches
it frigging
drives me mad
she tells him
she pulls up
her red skirt
to show him
the naked
stump of leg
yet it aches
in the part
that's not there
she explains
he gapes at
the fleshy
stump of leg
why is that?
he asks her
how the heck
would I know
pull that down
this moment
the nun says
angrily
coming near
from the home
her black and
white habit
flapping quick
about her
Anne stares
at the nun
what's got your
white knickers
in a twist?
she utters
to the nun
who do you
think you are
showing off
your leg stump?
she yanks down
the red skirt
to cover
the leg stump
don't touch me
you penguin
Anne says
decency
my young girl
you Benny
why are you
watching her?
the nun asks
I showed him
where it hurts
Anne says
you shouldn't
show your leg
it's my leg
what is left
don't be rude
the Kid looks
at the nun
just looking
what she showed
just her stump
he explains
you mustn't
the nun says
anymore
doing that
young Anne
and I'll tell
Sister Paul
and the nun
walks away
her habit
flapping slow
about her
as she walks
what a dumb
arsed penguin
Anne says
they both watch
the young nun
as she walks
on the lawn
to the home
for sick kids
by the sea
anyway
that's my leg
or the stump
do you want
another
look and see?
a girl shows a boy her leg stump in a kid's home in 1958.
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