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Rated: 18+ · Book · Fantasy · #2316938
All the GoT stuff, 2024.
#1069486 added June 19, 2024 at 3:55pm
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The Nurse
The Nurse

She’s here again
middle of the night and I groggy
trying to be cheerful
in answer to requests
turn over, take these
her good humour impenetrable
though I’m only one of a hundred
old men with tubes attached
grumpy at not being at home
and disturbed at night to swallow this
and drink that
hands flashing in practised skill
with tiny cup and little pill
and then she’s off, trolley ahead
and eyes on the next on the list.

I’ve done night shifts, I know the tiredness
determined will to stay the endless hours
my patients machines, but the same attendance,
the same relief at end of shift.



House Martell

Line count: 19, Word count: 108
Free verse
For "Game of ThronesOpen in new Window. House of Black & White Door 12
2. The Nurse
Write a poem (any style) about a nurse
However you want to approach the subject
150 words max. 20 lines max.

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