Daylight finally comes

In yawning unrepentant stages

And I want to shrug off the sleep of the night

Turn off the bleep and cheep unholy communion of monitors

The farting

The coughing

The snoring

The swearing 

The confusion from the bed next door

But its nearly six o’clock

And time for temperatures

The blood pressure measure

Of heart rates and blood taken

The slowly moving milling stirring of another day

As I sink and slouch into a sleepy haze

Sliding under cover wishing it would all go away

Before I have to greet the beds and curtains

The smiling caring faces

That surround me

In this place for the

Hard of breathing

And the pounding bludgeoned hearts

That stop and start

Without impunity

Thank goodness I’m out