It is dark
early dawn
I can't sleep
so wander
from my bed
on the men's
dormitory
to the lounge
passing by
the night nurse
who's sitting
in her room
writing up
her report
can't you sleep?
she calls out
I walk back
to her door
and peer in
no I can't
thought I'd go
to the lounge
have a smoke
watch the snow
falling down
did you now?
aren't you on
sleeping pills?
still wake up
I tell her
she muses
looks at me
have to see
if the doc
will increase
the dosage
she replies
then Yiska
comes behind
puts her arms
around me
early bird
she whispers
kisses my neck
soft warm lips
not you too
the nurse says
have to see
the doctor
about both
of you two
put Benny
down Yiska
go and sit
in the lounge
and cool off
both of you
the nurse says
so we do
wander up
to the lounge
and go stand
by the large
lounge window
watch the snow
coming down
on the trees
and the grounds
below us
and the fields
beyond that
how calming
it all looks
Yiska says
like a big
Christmas card
I reply
we light up
cigarettes
and stand there
holding hands
two lost souls
on the bridge
of a slow
sinking ship
removing
cigarettes
then kissing
with passion
lip to lip.
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