The nurses
must think I’m asleep
because my eyes are closed
but my blind eyes
can see nothing
whether open or closed
I lie thinking
about how I danced
with Clive back in 1939
what will happen
to Grace now?
one nurse says
talking nearby
her leg stumps
are healing now
but whether she'll walk again
depends how she copes
another nurse says
no sight either
how does she
make out that?
the first nurse says
she's still pretty though
no scars or facial damage
and that gentleman
who visited her
wants to take her
out to dinner when
she is more able
I lie still
pretend I am sleeping
wanting to hear more
my leg stumps throb
and my none
existent feet itch
and I want
to scratched them
but lie still
trying to act
a sleeping beauty
waiting for my prince
to come
her house was bombed
but she was pulled
out alive but her maid
was killed
the nurse says
breaking into my act
the feet itching
the stumps throbbing
my eyes wanting
to see again
the nurses move away
outside
hitting windows
a harsh fall of rain.
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