Franks Psychiatry 2 #24: birdies at meal time

Frank Prem

two of us
supervise the meal-time queue

 

a woman
talking back to voices
preoccupied and distant
reaches across
takes my colleagues hair
in one hand
and drives her head
into the solid wall

 

the woman collects her meal
wanders to her chair
and commences eating
still preoccupied
with inner voices

 

my colleague
is trying to follow the path
of a flight of colourful birds
circling her head

 

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  • Author: Frank Prem (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 2nd, 2018 03:13
  • Comment from author about the poem: Franks Psychiatry Pt 2 - student daze.
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Comments2

  • Goldfinch60

    Such a hard life in dealing with these patients, patience in the staff must be paramount.

    • Frank Prem

      Can be hard sometimes.

    • LaurašŸŒ»

      Frank,
      You had to be vigilant at all times or I wouldnā€™t be reading your writes today! Glad you survived those years!

      ~Laura~



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