Nurse, Nurse

Oh fuck

Oh shit

Help

It’s happened

Again

Look at all

This bile

And sick

 

Hush little

Baby

Please don’t

Cry

The nurses

Will clean

You all up

And make

You better

 

May I step

Outside?

Faint and

Spinning

“It’s okay

Honey

Mummy

Won’t

Be a minute”

 

Gently arm

Led

Corridor placed

Head between

Knees and

Deep breathe

 

Maternal

Comrades

Gather

Round

To smother

And cover

My knees

In a patchwork

Blanket made

From

Sympathy

And pity

 

They offer me

Hands

To cup my face

And rest on

My shoulder

Acknowledging

The fact that

My child

May not

Get much

Older

 

Too restful

Baby sleeps

Beaker Cup

Refilled

I’m unsettled

And I need

A repeat

 

Good girl

There you

Go now

Drink it

All up

Mummy

Needs another

Dose

Of attention

 

By proxy

 

Nurse, nurse

Oh fuck

Oh shit

I need some

Attention