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Wednesday's are about Dogs, Bad taste T-shirts and Insomnia

 

 



Boomer brindles inside our thoughts

such a lovely bull-terrier,
licks Jenni's face, she smiles as she talks
about his toys, the nuisance of having to walk him -

damned night shifts/shits the dog.

Sam giggles about dirty t-shirts

bad attitude and fingers- life smells bad sometimes.

We, the proverbial three

think of absurd things:
at four in the morning, blood sugar drops
crazy thoughts happen

Sam chair dances
and mumbles about slags and fishnets

no diet coke for months, you fuckers!

Good job all the clients are sleeping

detox days/nights roll into one.


Jenni doesn't fart, it's not night-belly bloated,

was only the chair moving, honestly
IT WAS!

the price of innocence and squeaky furniture.

soon Thursday creeps in
meds are checked

notes written

body count all in

the hum of air conditioning wrecks our heads
we rack up the scores
3 down - 1 to go

damned Night Shifts/shit.

 

Author notes

3 nights in, 1 more to go.... hurrah!

a collaboration with my fellow lovely lovely colleagues, SamSpam and JenniferJuniper

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  • Grunts Girl silver member
    March 9, 2008
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    girls never fart...
    only stinky boys do that

  • Rowan gold member
    March 6, 2008

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    "Jenni doesn't fart, it's not night-belly bloated,

    was only the chair moving, honestly"
    sure, sure.

    I love being able to peek into your life.

  • Suzanne Dia
    March 6, 2008

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    This is cute, and I'm SURE it was the chair

    I love your Book of Days. I want to read more more more more!




  • Cat
    March 6, 2008

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    excellent stuff!
    a great view of your nightshift- always my favorites with you gill.. your work stuff beats even your angeline stuff.. and that is tuff to beat


    m


  • Wandika gold member
    March 6, 2008

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    Nicely done

    I sold my six clinics and now am ranching in Middle America. I have yet to have one of my cows talk back to me or start a crying jag. I have them addicted to corn and they will do anything I want to get more. DEA leaves me alone as well as FDA our government agencies. "More is better" as they always say. Great training for ranching it was * it was. lol

  • Yvette Champ gold member
    March 6, 2008

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    Fresh from the fast-fading " Nurse-kateers" we have another revelation from The Book of Days! Wednesday is shown as not so much as woe is me but woe we three are streched to far by night-long days. The reader catches the surreal within the raw and the real as all get high on thoughts that wandered onto the wards as patients were medicated and soft-bedded and the Sam, Jen and Gilly are all "light-headed" Especially liked the usage of "brindles" and the imagery of the chair dancing!


  • tara wilson gold member
    March 6, 2008

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    "3 down - 1 to go

    damned Night Shifts/shit."

    lol - we do this too where I work.

    a fun, enjoyable read...brings a smile, these weekday poems of yours, I will have to get caught up and read them all

    and as always, incredible poetry


  • Nicolette gold member
    March 6, 2008

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    My daughter is on night shift this week too and she told me this morning that at least they've moved her to another ward that isn't so busy - so I understand a little of the frustrations of night shifts. You write your work so very well and I admire you for that, Gilly. Someday you're going to look back at these "book of days" nights and have a good giggle about it all!!

    You know i love these poems of yours and this one is no exception!! Hang in there, girl

    ~ Nicolette

  • grm
    March 5, 2008
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    ah yes, the inmates' lullaby

    magically delicious!

    my sympathies, as i no longer do Hump Wednesdays




    • NurseChilly gold member
      March 6, 2008
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      yeah yeah... you sound very sympathetic.. LOLOL

      s are in my head .....

      • grm
        March 6, 2008

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        i recommend cranking up the intercom and piping in Brain Salad Surgery, by ELP

  • SedatedSadism
    March 5, 2008

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    7.5/10

    i liked it, especially since i can relate to it( staying up all night at LAN's....). its a nice poem with an undercurrent of hospital attitude.(bored shitless and wanting to get out)


    • NurseChilly gold member
      March 6, 2008
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      thanks... only 7.5?? We will have to try harder tonight on our last night... LOL

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