BINGE

For the foreseeable future, 

Doctor Thanatos is in charge: 

he’s drugged the ward manager 

and strapped him to the bed; 

Sister Sentiment is gagged 

and bound in the sluice room; 

Nurse Consequences has 

a scalpel in her head, 

He’s having himself a time 

at the nurses' station, 

with his filthy one-liners 

and his feet up on the desk, 

a litre bottle of vodka 

three thirds empty, 

and the dispensary cupboard 

broken and bereft, 

And you’re welcome 

to pay a visit if you wish, 

could be a lot of fun, 

could be a nightmare too, 

cos you’ll remember 

every lie he tells you, 

and half of them  

will turn out to be true.