No. 15: Crucified

But at Karolinska Hospital

in Stockholm,

they have developed

a method

to prevent,

to stop

an improper, 

an unauthorized,

catheter withdrawal

at night

when no one is watching the girl.

The nurse makes a loop

of gauze

and attaches

her hands

and feets

to the bed rails.

Right hand.

Left hand.

Right foot.

Left foot.

The little girl,

the one-year-old little girl,

lies on her back

all night,

tied

to a St. Andrew's cross.

Now she can't pull out the catheter.

Now she can't do anything else either.

 

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These poems are originally written in Swedish and translated by myself. So if the translation sounds weird - please just laugh, or cry, or just shake your head and move on to the next poem, hoping for a better translation there... Thank you for your patience, and for following my story! By the way - my lyrics sometimes sounds weird in Swedish too...