Yiska said
the whole scene stank
I don't want
to be stuck
in the locked ward
another day
my bandaged wrist
stings like hell
she said
the big nurse eyed her
the radio was playing
some Beatles' song
come walk with me
I said
away from the others
so we walked along
the passage
along by the showers
and bathroom
and cupboards
for sheets and such
slept badly
she said
groans and moans
of others
that Scots woman
jabbering the night
the night nurse
doing **** all
about her
just saying
it's her alcohol
wanting its feed
I held her hand
she squeezed it
if there was a place
I would right now
just ******* do it
I wasn't sure
if she meant ***
or slitting her other wrist
or maybe both
we came to a locked door
and turned around
and walked back again
a nurse came to us
where are you two going?
she asked
Hell and back
Yiska said
she gazed
at our joined hands
where were you two
last night?
she said
sleeping in our beds
I guess
I said
you weren't there
when I looked
she said
Yiska said nothing
but peered past her
best get back to the lounge
breakfast will be
brought up soon
she said
she turned
and walked off
I gazed at her
swaying walk
the black and white
uniformed behind
holding my eyes
we parted hands
as we entered the lounge
her hand fell by her side
I sat by her
on the sofa
and waited for breakfast
to come
listening to the radio
and the other patient's
soft hum.
Dec 4, 2015
Dec 4, 2015 at 3:25 AM UTC
Yiska said
the whole scene stank
I don't want
to be stuck
in the locked ward
another day
my bandaged wrist
stings like hell
she said
the big nurse eyed her
the radio was playing
some Beatles' song
come walk with me
I said
away from the others
so we walked along
the passage
along by the showers
and bathroom
and cupboards
for sheets and such
slept badly
she said
groans and moans
of others
that Scots woman
jabbering the night
the night nurse
doing **** all
about her
just saying
it's her alcohol
wanting its feed
I held her hand
she squeezed it
if there was a place
I would right now
just ******* do it
I wasn't sure
if she meant ***
or slitting her other wrist
or maybe both
we came to a locked door
and turned around
and walked back again
a nurse came to us
where are you two going?
she asked
Hell and back
Yiska said
she gazed
at our joined hands
where were you two
last night?
she said
sleeping in our beds
I guess
I said
you weren't there
when I looked
she said
Yiska said nothing
but peered past her
best get back to the lounge
breakfast will be
brought up soon
she said
she turned
and walked off
I gazed at her
swaying walk
the black and white
uniformed behind
holding my eyes
we parted hands
as we entered the lounge
her hand fell by her side
I sat by her
on the sofa
and waited for breakfast
to come
listening to the radio
and the other patient's
soft hum.
