it made for an almost feminine appearance
in a strictly masculine face
as though he\'d applied a heavy make-up
but it was actually just the eyebrows
funny how you don\'t notice them at first
just the look of a stranger
on someone who is actually familiar
disconcerting
he\'d done half his head as well
hard to know where the obligations begin and end
with someone who is a Patient
held against his will
Fashion-Police
doesn\'t come within the standard
Psychiatric Nursing job description
I told him the female staff
and some of the patients
were complaining about him
masturbating all over the place
I said he should keep it in his pants
and to act like an adult
or he\'d end up in Seclusion
he asked
but what about when my pants slip
and I have to grab them
showing me with one hand on the waist-band
and one cupping his jewels
or
what about if I\'m walking
and just need to...
scratching in the general vicinity
nope
I\'d have none of it
I told him
he looked vaguely disappointed
tried out another
what if …
before focusing on a cigarette
and mumbling about not meaning to …
I never quite got
what he wasn\'t meaning to …
I\'m a little deaf
and he\'s a little brain damaged
and it was just a passing discussion
distracted by the absence
of eyebrows
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