These Beautiful Beasts
red December roses
orange begonias, thick
fuchsia bushes dangling
purple pink bells. no signs
count down shopping
days to Christmas. they end
at 3:30. i understand
a nation of beasts tending
gardens, clutching the last fragile
petals in sleek claws,
wishing for a girl
to save them.
NOTE: Last night I broke my toe. There were no ambulances available for "over an hour." The minicabs had a 25 minute wait. But, I finally got to the hospital. At registration - a memo behind the nurse’s head announced that the Christmas pub crawl would begin at 7:00 on the 20th.
They x-rayed my foot. Told me I'd broken my toe. Handed me a roll of tape and said "Go home. Tape it up. Keep it elevated for a week. It should heal - more or less straight - in a month." When I looked at him like he was crazy, I was told, "We only set or splint bones broken 30 degrees or more. Besides it would hurt."
As if it didn't already?
orange begonias, thick
fuchsia bushes dangling
purple pink bells. no signs
count down shopping
days to Christmas. they end
at 3:30. i understand
a nation of beasts tending
gardens, clutching the last fragile
petals in sleek claws,
wishing for a girl
to save them.
NOTE: Last night I broke my toe. There were no ambulances available for "over an hour." The minicabs had a 25 minute wait. But, I finally got to the hospital. At registration - a memo behind the nurse’s head announced that the Christmas pub crawl would begin at 7:00 on the 20th.
They x-rayed my foot. Told me I'd broken my toe. Handed me a roll of tape and said "Go home. Tape it up. Keep it elevated for a week. It should heal - more or less straight - in a month." When I looked at him like he was crazy, I was told, "We only set or splint bones broken 30 degrees or more. Besides it would hurt."
As if it didn't already?
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