Hospital




Have you ever been to the emergency room
Saturday, Sunday night
So many people
In so much pain

They make you wait
Until they get to stab you
With their needles
“You might need a pelvic exam.”

And so much pain
At 2am
I refuse to take it
“She has a large uterus.”

Oh god, they don’t even tell me
I take it I’m in no danger
So why am I in so much pain?
Tell me, damnit.

Now it may just be
My appendix
Thanks a lot
“We’ll give you an ultra sound first…”

Some ugly, tired lady
With a buncha gel
It’s so cold and she’s hurting me
“You’re gonna hafta get a CAT scan.”

So they bring in this foul tasting crap
Kinda like flat 7up, but right now
Now it tastes horrid
“Drink it all, or the CAT scan won’t work!”

I drank it all
Well, almost all
“It didn’t get all the way through your intestine,
we’ll hafta give you an enema.”

Ow.
I’ve been admitted
I’m gonna stay
“You can’t eat, we might still have to perform
surgery.”

Two more days
No food
No food
“The tests came back negative, we don’t know what
you’ve got.”

Rarely I find sleep
Hidden in the darkest corners
Of the white sterilized room
“Hey, you can wake up. You need to take your pain
medication.”

Good friends
Coming to visit
Bringing me ice cream and crap
“Hope you feel better soon Gretchen, me miss you!”

I get to leave soon
Tomorrow or the day after
But hey, guess what!
“The tests came back positive, we think it’s
Salmonella.”

So I go home
Still in pain
They couldn’t tell me before
“Wow, the day you leave, we find out, well just start
slow, with ice cream and stuff.”

Thanks
I love the hospital
So great,
So caring.
“Bye, hope you feel better.”