The nurses half walked
half dragged the screaming woman
along the passageway
of the locked ward.
He watched them,
a cacophony of screams
and shouts and banging
of doors, then silence;
that was more disturbing
that silence, and picturing
the patient on the bed
strapped down,
the rubber mouth piece
between teeth, the injection
to oblivion, the electrodes
applied each side of the skull,
the electric shock applied,
the body in motion
as the current rides.
He knows the score
he's been there before,
knows the strapping down,
the rubber piece between teeth,
the injection and the buzz
along the nerves, *******
consciousness out of each pore
and momentarily it seems
you are no more.
Sep 5, 2017
Sep 5, 2017 at 3:44 PM UTC
The nurses half walked
half dragged the screaming woman
along the passageway
of the locked ward.
He watched them,
a cacophony of screams
and shouts and banging
of doors, then silence;
that was more disturbing
that silence, and picturing
the patient on the bed
strapped down,
the rubber mouth piece
between teeth, the injection
to oblivion, the electrodes
applied each side of the skull,
the electric shock applied,
the body in motion
as the current rides.
He knows the score
he's been there before,
knows the strapping down,
the rubber piece between teeth,
the injection and the buzz
along the nerves, *******
consciousness out of each pore
and momentarily it seems
you are no more.
