NIMA HOLDS IT IT.

A WOMAN IN 1967 WANTING TO PEE IN HOSPITAL.

Nima holds
the piss in
her bladder

another
occupies
the toilet

she can hear
the woman
undressing
seemingly
hear talking
explosions
of farting
muttering

Nima stands
with hands
held in place
between thighs

hey in there
what the f**k
you doing
laying eggs?
Nima says

go away
a voice says
go elsewhere
I’m busy

Nima sighs
where to go?

her bladder
is ready
to explode

she rushes
through the ward
passed nurses
out through doors
to the next
lavatory
and pushes
it open
and shuts it
and locks it
undresses
and sits down
and lets go

she thinks of
Benedict
and that time
that they fucked
in some cheap
boarding house
in London

another
deep release
not of piss
but of sex
held in place
by a kiss.