Franks Psychiatry 4 #43: the eyebrows I think

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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