"NURSE"

A LOVE POEM

 

 

When I said, 'let me die alone',

she folded the table top to my unmeaning

and opened my apple juice for me. Flooded the

room with the universes most powerful

voice. I could have been unknown

but for the chart that bore my name/

She wore a wedding ring with a tiny

diamond that struggled each morning

to luster. Told me she was devorced

ten-thousand times, and each time,

made a quiet face. Stood me up

to button my smock in the back. Saw

my mad, rusty a*s. Anylyzed the nature of

my heart by examining in detail tiny

electrical black pulses on a rolling piece

of unpacked life. Polished her nails in

the prettiest pink shade. Kept her blouse

buttoned to the very top because sick

men try to look down bosoms, (even when

they can't do s**t). Pushed the priest out

of the way to check my blood pressure.

Hugged my humbled neck on the morning

they discharged me.

nurse.

Reviews

[Mockingbird]

we take for granted the ones who care for us when we are ill. they are like stepford nurses, but three dimensional when we notice their real-ness. i like the image of being in the hospital, it's a relatable experience we've all had. great piece.

[Corset]

"I'm taking her home with me all dressed in white
She's got everything I need pharmacy keys
She's falling hard for me I can see it in her eyes
She acts just like a nurse with all the other guys

Say hello to all the apples on the ground
They were once in your eyes but you sneezed them out while sleeping
Say hello to everything you've left behind
It's even more a part of your life now that you can't touch it " A Perfect Circle lyrics to nurse that I heard recently....amazing Dana.

[Tree]

These are the best health care people, the ones who connect with the patient on a more intimate level than the number on the chart. For those places can be the loneliest places in the world, regardless of all those people hustling about. Having worked in that business for a while I can say with all the confidence in the world, that healing in that environment is more than just diagnosis, surgery and meds. There is another component to the positive outcome. Really enjoyed this, d