How To Survive A Hospital Stay

First of all, do not eat the food

Ignore the doctors

For they are our friends,

but do not trust them.

Think about throwing the little crying children out of the window

And gaze into your surroundings

at the streets below and sky above

Play games, like name as many words that start with the letter “L.”

Lollipops

And laughing lions

Large lamps

or lightning linear lines

While in the bathroom, count the ceramic tiles

Drink all the apple juice

And fill the rubber gloves with water,

Yes now we have RGWB’S, no not a disease,

but a Rubber Glove Water Balloon.

When done with the first lesson,

now turn on the foreign TV station,

and make believe you enjoy the music

Then call another patient’s room and annoy them

After that, of course, move your bed up and down, until it breaks

Then press the button for the nurse,

When she comes, “Oh, sorry, I just wanted to know if it worked.”

Last but not least, sit by the window and look as the scene

The cops nailed another one

The truck delivered it’s bandaids

The Mercedes and Jags, and Lexuses and BMWs all roll in

The people flirting

and the bum drinking

Then you glance up, see your reflection in the glass

and then you realize and say, “Why God, why me?”

© 1992 David Greg Harth

92.05.02.22:00:00@NewCityNY