"What's your name?"
Rebekah Halle ***
"D.O.B?"
13 November 1XXX
"What are you here for today?:
Eye surgery
'Okay, you're going to feel a freeze go through your veins now --
and then start to feel very sleepy..."
.
.
.
I wake to....
Beep,
Beep, beep
Buzz the machines
Whee, whoosh, voo
Whirl goes the blood pressure machine.
.
.
.
Knock, knock, knock on the door
And a nurse peers into check,
then
Silence, for a sec.
.
.
Beep,
Beep, beep.
.
And then…
Knock, knock, knock,
"Your eyes are looking great,
I'll come back in the morning," Dr Kowal says.
.
.
.
Beep
Beep, Beep, Beep
I finally sleep...
.
And then…
Knock, knock, knock.
“Do you want your dinner now?!”
Inquires the hospitality staff.
.
.
Darkness strangles light —
Again nurses wheel in their trollies…
Volumous voices viscerate silence.
~
All In
a hospital room.
Jun 22, 2024
Jun 22, 2024 at 5:18 PM UTC
"What's your name?"
Rebekah Halle ***
"D.O.B?"
13 November 1XXX
"What are you here for today?:
Eye surgery
'Okay, you're going to feel a freeze go through your veins now --
and then start to feel very sleepy..."
.
.
.
I wake to....
Beep,
Beep, beep
Buzz the machines
Whee, whoosh, voo
Whirl goes the blood pressure machine.
.
.
.
Knock, knock, knock on the door
And a nurse peers into check,
then
Silence, for a sec.
.
.
Beep,
Beep, beep.
.
And then…
Knock, knock, knock,
"Your eyes are looking great,
I'll come back in the morning," Dr Kowal says.
.
.
.
Beep
Beep, Beep, Beep
I finally sleep...
.
And then…
Knock, knock, knock.
“Do you want your dinner now?!”
Inquires the hospitality staff.
.
.
Darkness strangles light —
Again nurses wheel in their trollies…
Volumous voices viscerate silence.
~
All In
a hospital room.
Request permission to use this poem