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Amnesia, In A Sense

Julia O’Donovan

I really don’t remember
Being there
I just remember
The anger
How it all seemed to flood out
How close the staff watched me
They defied a request
I threw a fit
They sedated me
I awoke in a fog
Nurse Peggy
Was standing in the doorway
“I didn’t mean for you to be
Knocked out like that” She said

Later I heard how my sister
Would sometimes visit
I would be so doped up
Unresponsive
She would leave the place in tears
I missed Christmas
Asked twice
To see the pictures
My mother was afraid
To let me come home over-night
She broke down and said:
“I don’t feel safe with her.”
I made no progress
“What do you want from us?”
Nurse Vi asked
I just wanted
Everything to be all right again

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