They find her
(the nurses)
just in time
a thin cord
(from some guys
pyjamas)
round her neck
attempting
suicide
by hanging
in the bogs
(the toilets)
naked feet
just about
to leap off
the bog seat
never seen
the nurses
panic so
but this time
I saw them
panicking
like chickens
when a fox
is near by
poor Yiska
carried down
the corridor
by nurses
screaming out
(Yiska's voice)
foul curses.
May 14, 2016
May 14, 2016 at 12:18 PM UTC
They find her
(the nurses)
just in time
a thin cord
(from some guys
pyjamas)
round her neck
attempting
suicide
by hanging
in the bogs
(the toilets)
naked feet
just about
to leap off
the bog seat
never seen
the nurses
panic so
but this time
I saw them
panicking
like chickens
when a fox
is near by
poor Yiska
carried down
the corridor
by nurses
screaming out
(Yiska's voice)
foul curses.
A GIRL IN A LOCKED PSYCHIATRIC WARD ATTEMPTS TO HANG HERSELF IN 1971
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