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Five Nights Straight

by Dawn A Dupler © 2007

 

Five nights straight I awake with a,

Revolver to my head,

A scarred finger on the trigger.

I wrestle the sheets, stretch past my joints

And beg the on-call nurse to ransom me.

 

This hospital preys on the hunted and the harried,

Ignoring the guns, the razors, the ropes.

Tonight I won't pull the rip cord

As I tumble over my fear, sweat and smells.

Tonight my scarred finger pulls the trigger.












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