He'd already
slit his wrists
and tried
to hang himself
in the crapper
from the water
pipe system
and now they kept him
in the locked ward
sans belt or laces
and kept him
in sight
of at least
one nurse's sharp eyes
but still he managed
to liberate laces
from some old guy's shoes
while he slept
and had just about
tied one end
of the tied laces
to the pipes
when a nurse
seeing him
through the curtains
raised the alarm
and banged
on the door
and raised
merry hell
but he just set about
his slow task
attempting to put
the narrow noose
about his head
when some big
male nurse
(ape build)
banged open
the door
and pulled him down
sans the laces
and pinned him
to the floor
Benedict smelt
body odour
and cheap aftershave
and still
the ape nurse
held him down
there was that
Beatles' song
on the radio
on the locked ward
HELP
I need somebody
the nurse joined in
the chorus line
Benedict caught sight
unwittingly
of the female nurse's
pale pink *******
as she moved
on over to help
and her perfume
was better
and has she
pressed down
nearer
to give aid
he closed his eyes
gentlemanly
so as not to view
the cleavage
coming his way
can’t have
too much excitement
(he mused darkly)
in one suicide
attempting day.
Jan 8, 2014
Jan 8, 2014 at 3:12 PM UTC
He'd already
slit his wrists
and tried
to hang himself
in the crapper
from the water
pipe system
and now they kept him
in the locked ward
sans belt or laces
and kept him
in sight
of at least
one nurse's sharp eyes
but still he managed
to liberate laces
from some old guy's shoes
while he slept
and had just about
tied one end
of the tied laces
to the pipes
when a nurse
seeing him
through the curtains
raised the alarm
and banged
on the door
and raised
merry hell
but he just set about
his slow task
attempting to put
the narrow noose
about his head
when some big
male nurse
(ape build)
banged open
the door
and pulled him down
sans the laces
and pinned him
to the floor
Benedict smelt
body odour
and cheap aftershave
and still
the ape nurse
held him down
there was that
Beatles' song
on the radio
on the locked ward
HELP
I need somebody
the nurse joined in
the chorus line
Benedict caught sight
unwittingly
of the female nurse's
pale pink *******
as she moved
on over to help
and her perfume
was better
and has she
pressed down
nearer
to give aid
he closed his eyes
gentlemanly
so as not to view
the cleavage
coming his way
can’t have
too much excitement
(he mused darkly)
in one suicide
attempting day.
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