#pyschatric
There's the day kid
whom they drop off
very weekday
to the locked ward
and he stands there
by the window
peering out
or he follows
Yiska about
sometimes standing
right in front of her
now and then
muttering obscenities
I sit on the sofa
in the main lounge
trying to ignore him
listening to the music
from the radio
Maggie May
by Rod Stewart
seems to be on
and Yiska says
get out of my face
you **** face
the kid just stands there
with that stupid grin
and no nurses
seems to notice
or care or whatever
and I get up
and push him
away from her
and he topples back
against the wall
and comes at me
and all of a sudden
nurses are there
in between us
holding him back
and me from
socking him to the jaw
what's going on?
a nurse says
some big overweight
male nurse
the kid keeps on
pestering me
and Benny was just
keeping him away
Yiska says
we cannot have violence
the big nurse says
then keep him
out of my face then
Yiska says
or I'll knee him
some place
and it won't be his face
the nurse takes
the kid off
to a different area
and sits him down
I go stand by Yiska
and we walk to
the brown sofa
well worn
but at least we
have peace and quiet
and not a down town
in house riot.
Jul 6, 2015
Jul 6, 2015 at 2:14 AM UTC