wanda is middle aged
piggy-eyed
and manic
her mouth is going
ninety to the minute
she can’t stop
can’t rest
can’t leave anything alone
babble babble
fiddle fiddle
[SLAP!]
she has hit me
open handed
across my face
there is a grin
hiding just in the corner
of those piggy eyes
and I want to
strike her down
but as a good nurse
I remind myself
for weeks
I remind myself
that I am
that I have to be
much better
than that
~