Goodnight Hospital

In the dark call room
There was a telephone
And a lumpy bed
And a a picture of
An ancient man’s torso and head
And there were three white coats that seemed afloat
And a broken lamp
And the smell of damp
And a patient list
And Sierra Mist
And a stolen blue pen, an unopened syringe
And a Hulu subscription that was ready to binge
Goodnight room
Goodnight bed
Goodnight picture of ancient man’s head
Goodnight coats
And the broken lamp
Goodnight list
Goodnight Mist
Goodnight pen
And goodnight syringe
Goodnight Code Blue
And goodnight Hulu
Goodnight little room
And goodnight gloom
Goodnight fear
And goodnight tears
Goodnight nurses
Goodnight sleep
And goodnight to the pager blaring “beep beep”
Goodnight patients
Goodnight despair
Goodnight doctors everywhere