I awoke
and I was there someplace
in some bed
being attended to
by some male nurse
who had brought breakfast
on a tray
it had been a drugged sleep
and I recalled vague images
of the night before
some sort of descent
to a darker hell
and police officers came
and a struggle
and an ambulance
and medication
and off to some hospital
to be soothed
to a deep sleep
Where am I?
I asked the nurse
he said the name
of the place
some psychiatric hospital
and left the room
later I wandered the ward
and adjoining corridor
and spoke to none
and none spoke to me
except some quack
with letters after his name
later I tried to top myself
not wanting to play the game
but others came
and cut me down
and transferred me
to the locked ward
behind double doors
with other broken minds
and green linoleum
on cold floors.
Oct 6, 2019
Oct 6, 2019 at 3:12 AM UTC
I awoke
and I was there someplace
in some bed
being attended to
by some male nurse
who had brought breakfast
on a tray
it had been a drugged sleep
and I recalled vague images
of the night before
some sort of descent
to a darker hell
and police officers came
and a struggle
and an ambulance
and medication
and off to some hospital
to be soothed
to a deep sleep
Where am I?
I asked the nurse
he said the name
of the place
some psychiatric hospital
and left the room
later I wandered the ward
and adjoining corridor
and spoke to none
and none spoke to me
except some quack
with letters after his name
later I tried to top myself
not wanting to play the game
but others came
and cut me down
and transferred me
to the locked ward
behind double doors
with other broken minds
and green linoleum
on cold floors.
