Plans

The nurse checking your vitals has plans. She’s distracted. You’ve been in the hospital long enough to know the shift is almost over.

Soon another person in a lime uniform will come into your room, erase this nurse’s name from the tiny whiteboard and write in their own.

You hope it’s Sam, who’s quick with the dirty jokes and quicker still with the dilaudid, the good stuff.

But this one, she has plans. Dinner? Clubbing? Something far way from this place, and patients like you. You don’t blame her. Once upon a time, you had all kinds of plans, too.

Photo Credit: Marissa Anderson

2 Responses to “Plans”

1. Kirsten Love says:

   January 13, 2021 at 5:03 am

   So good!

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2. Tony Press says:

   February 24, 2019 at 1:43 am

   Excellent – and nailed it with that last sentence.

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