It irritates you <br />the way the curtain droops <br />and I can’t quite reach <br />(even when I stand on a chair) <br />to hook it back. <br /> <br />It irritates you <br />the way the taps <br />(those hospital ones with wings) <br />drip intermittently - <br />even when I’ve turned them off tight as tight. <br /> <br />It irritates you <br />when I can’t understand <br />what you’re trying so hard to say <br />(even the second time) <br /> <br />‘It doesn’t matter...’ <br />But it does. <br /> <br />Oh Jerry <br />the beautiful bits and pieces of you <br />have been tossed on the bed <br />like a careless jigsaw. <br /> <br />Alfred the bear <br />sits on the pillow <br />with his head on one side. <br />The first Daphne from the garden <br />scents the room. <br /> <br />Pity you don’t notice. <br /> <br />The nurses do though.<br /><br />Alison Cassidy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/jerry-s-journey-dealing-with-recovery/
