A Night Like Any Other Night by D.C.Monteny
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Description
One of the chemo bags
is empty, the pump
detecting air bubbles
starts it's signal
beep...beep...beep...
and the nightnurse
comes around
and connects
another fluid bag
and everything
is silent again
then it starts again
beep...beep...beep
she returns, fixes
the problem and
hurries to another
room of beep...
beep...beep...beep
in the middle of the night
suddenly i'm awake
my Jewish room mate
has a problem
of his own
the tube inside
his stomach
had disconnected
from his food bag
there was no beep...
beep...beep...beep....
the pump was working
fine, dripping the
liquid food inside
his bed, until the
sheets were soaking
and he woke up
have you ever tasted
and smelled liquid food?
it reeks the same
when you drink it
or when you fart
or go to the crapper
and now our room
just stank with this
nauseating smell
it put me off
this food for ever
I'd rather starve
to death
and my room mate
felt embarrassed
but i told him
mate, we're in this
together, don't worry
about shit like this
it's not as if we're
on holiday, is it?
Strange, strange
when a bloke
is struggling
to keep alive
that his mindset
is still as if nothing
has ever happened
nothing has changed
and we worry about
some social
niceties
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thanks for eading this far and for any comments you might have . the image is some of my first computer work back in 1990
have a GREAT weekend
Dirk
Comments (12)
bpclarke
All niceties go out the window when survival is involved. You have eloquently put these into the perspective with humor and a straight forwardness that makes me admire your courage! Thank you. Bunny
kansas
Brings tears to my eyes for both of you in this struggle.
amota99517
Your imagery is amazing.
three_grrr
I have a much loved brother in law in hospital right now. He is in for chemo on a secondary leukemia (caused by the protocol used for the primary mantle cell lymphoma). Your writings give me so much more insight into what he is going through and enable me to have something closer to empathy for him. He too retains his sense of humor, and that boggles my mind. Thank you Dirk, for sharing in plain and forthright language what you are going through, what you are feeling.
gateman45
beep
Juliette.Gribnau
zoals je het vertelt, zie ik jullie voor me; je weet me te raken met je teksten
RodolfoCiminelli
Amazing and creative double realization my friend.....!!!!
CarolSassy
Part of fighting for your life to hopefully get back to some kind of normal. You just have to take it all in stride. Thanks for the thoughts! xoxoxo's! (:
Dinhi
........ I smile, I read, I cry and I smile again.. [=
auntietk
Wow. An ordinary night on the oncology ward, but you've spotlighted the moment, made it stand out. I'm glad you're writing --- purely selfish reasons.
Gaiadriel
Niceties: strange bedfellows in even so-called normal circumstances. Useless little expenditures of energy that do nothing but get in the way of the real. But, maybe, just maybe, therein lies the rub. Poor chap...yet beautiful Dirk reply. Ackkk, that stench...shudder..to smell it IS to all but taste it, isn't it? And you're right..it never changes...going in, coming out, and everywhere in between..it's always the same..freaking nuclear sustenance. Tangible imagery..clarity of insight...and starkly truthful writing, dear Dirk...the only worthwhile kind.
dragonmuse
Your writings are truely amazing. You show such strength and insight.